zadruga
English edit
Etymology edit
From Serbo-Croatian zȃdruga/за̑друга (“commune”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zadruga (plural zadrugas or zadruge)
- A social unit of rural community among the South Slavs, associated with family links and set customs.
- 2007, Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain, Hurst & Co, published 2007, pages 7–8:
- Byzantine culture was forced to retreat in the face of a way of life based on the extended family commune or zadruga, which was further organised around loose tribal areas known as županije.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zȃdruga f (Cyrillic spelling за̑друга)
Declension edit
Declension of zadruga
Further reading edit
- “zadruga” in Hrvatski jezični portal