knjiga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɲîɡa/
• Hyphenation: knji‧ga

Noun

knjȉga f (Cyrillic spelling књи̏га, relational adjective knjȉžnī, diminutive knjȉžica, augmentative knjižùrina)

1. book

   Zatvaram knjigu i gledam kroz prozor. ― I close the book and look out the window

   Zelena knjiga ― Green Book

2. (archaic, poetic) scroll, letter, missive
   • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:

     On ne nosi tice lastavice, / Veće knjigu od Bogorodice, / Odnese je caru na Kosovo, / Spušta knjigu caru na koleno...

     He bears not a swallow-bird, / But a letter from the Theotokos, / Carries it off to the Tsar on Kosovo, / Lowers the letter upon the Tsar’s knee...

   Synonym: písmo

Declension

Declension of knjiga

	singular	plural
nominative	knjȉga	knjige
genitive	knjige	knjȋgā
dative	knjȉzi	knjigama
accusative	knjigu	knjige
vocative	knjigo	knjige
locative	knjȉzi	knjigama
instrumental	knjigom	knjigama

Derived terms

• knjȉškī
• knjìžara
• knjȉžēvnōst
• knjȉžiti
• knjížnica
• knjižúljak

References

• “knjiga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňiga. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knjìːɡa/

• Audio:

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Noun

knjíga f

1. book

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	knjíga
gen. sing.	knjíge
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	knjíga	knjígi	knjíge
genitive (rodȋlnik)	knjíge	knjíg	knjíg
dative (dajȃlnik)	knjígi	knjígama	knjígam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	knjígo	knjígi	knjíge
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	knjígi	knjígah	knjígah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	knjígo	knjígama	knjígami

Derived terms

• knjigárna
• knjížen
• knjížnica

Further reading

• “knjiga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026