biljeg

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bèleg (Ekavian)
• bjèleg, bjèljeg (regional Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, from a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐʎeɡ/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ljeg

Noun

bìljeg m (Cyrillic spelling бѝљег)

1. mark, marker

   tumorski biljeg ― tumor marker

   molekularni biljeg ― molecular marker

2. feature, trait, characteristic
3. birthmark
4. (Croatia) tax stamp, stamp (for applications and administrative expenses, not for postal services)

   Svaka firma ima svoj logo i biljeg. ― Each company has its own logo and a stamp.

5. sign, signal, symptom

Declension

Declension of biljeg

	singular	plural
nominative	bìljeg	biljezi
genitive	bìljega	biljega
dative	biljegu	biljezima
accusative	biljeg	biljege
vocative	bilježe	biljezi
locative	biljegu	biljezima
instrumental	biljegom	biljezima

References

• “biljeg” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Skok, Petar (1971) “biljeg”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 150
• “biljeg”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 171