Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žerbьjь. First attested in the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒdrijêːb/
  • Hyphenation: ždri‧jeb

Noun

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ždrijȇb m (Cyrillic spelling ждрије̑б)

  1. lot (anything used in determining a question by chance)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “ždrijȇb”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 616