čistinja

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

čistinja f (Cyrillic spelling чистиња)

1. (Chakavian) purity, cleanness
   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     Ti s' on ki da kripost svakomu dilu nje
     i nje kipu lipost s počten'jem čistinje

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   • 1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:

     gizdu, ureh, ugoj, čistinju i lipost,
     još darovaše joj časnu čast i krasost,

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Declension

    Declension of čistinja

	singular	plural
nominative	čistinja	čistinje
genitive	čistinje	čistinja
dative	čistinji	čistinjama
accusative	čistinju	čistinje
vocative	čistinjo	čistinje
locative	čistinji	čistinjama
instrumental	čistinjom	čistinjama

Related terms

• čȉstōst
• čistòta