narečje

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• nárječje (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *narěčьje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎːret͡ʃje/
• Hyphenation: na‧re‧čje

Noun

nárečje n (Cyrillic spelling на́речје)

1. dialect

   Synonym: dijalekt

Usage notes

• Although technically synonyms, there is a difference in the usage of narečje and dijalekt. The former is used for larger dialect clusters (e.g. Kajkavian, Chakavian, Shtokavian), while the latter tends to be used for subdivisions within them.

Declension

Declension of narečje

	singular	plural
nominative	nárečje	narečja
genitive	narečja	narečja
dative	narečju	narečjima
accusative	narečje	narečja
vocative	narečje	narečja
locative	narečju	narečjima
instrumental	narečjem	narečjima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *narěčьje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naréːt͡ʃjɛ/

Noun

narẹ̑čje n

1. dialect

Inflection

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.

Neuter, soft
nom. sing.	naréčje
gen. sing.	naréčja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	naréčje	naréčji	naréčja
genitive (rodȋlnik)	naréčja	naréčij	naréčij
dative (dajȃlnik)	naréčju	naréčjema	naréčjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	naréčje	naréčji	naréčja
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	naréčju	naréčjih	naréčjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	naréčjem	naréčjema	naréčji

Further reading

• “narečje”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “narečje”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references