ćelija
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From palatalized (iotized) form of Russian ке́лья (kélʹja), from Latin cella, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ćèlija f (Cyrillic spelling ћѐлија)
- cell (room for a monk or nun in a monastery or convent)
- cell (room in a prison for containing inmates)
- cell (compartment in a honeycomb)
- (Serbia, biology) cell (basic unit of a living organism). In Croatia and often in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the synonym stanica is used instead.
- cell (small number of people)
- cell (unit in a statistical array). forming the basic unit of an organization)