See also: , , , dz, Dz, DZ, and .dz
dž U+01C6, dž
LATIN SMALL LETTER DZ WITH CARON
Dž
[U+01C5]
Latin Extended-B LJ
[U+01C7]

TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

(mixed case , upper case )

  1. A digraph from the letters d and ž.

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RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

(lower case, upper case )

  1. (Pan-Vlax) The seventh letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (International Standard) ʒ

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (uppercase):

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

(Cyrillic spelling џ)

  1. The 7th letter (digraph) of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by d and followed by đ.

Etymology 2Edit

A shortening of džabe.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

(Cyrillic spelling џ)

  1. (slang) for free; very cheap

SlovakEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

(upper case )

  1. The tenth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Further readingEdit

  • in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

SloveneEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Gaj's Latin alphabet , which is a digraph of d and ž.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

(lower case, upper case )

  1. A digraph of Slovene letters d and ž.

SymbolEdit

  1. (non-dialectal SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [d͡ʒ].

NounEdit

 m inan

  1. The name of the Latin script digraph / .
    Synonyms: , trdi dž
  2. (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /d͡ʒ/.
InflectionEdit
  • Overall more common
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.
gen. sing. dž-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
dž-ja dž-ji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dž-ja dž-jev dž-jev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
dž-ju dž-jema dž-jem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
dž-ja dž-je
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
dž-ju dž-jih dž-jih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
dž-jem dž-jema dž-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.
gen. sing.
singular dual plural
nominative
accusative
genitive
dative
locative
instrumental

Etymology 2Edit

From Slovene dež with the omission of letter e that represents /ə/.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

 m inan

  1. (colloquial) rain
    Synonyms: dež, deževanje, moča, mokrota, primaka
InflectionEdit
  • Probably more common
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative
genitive də̏žja
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dative
(dajȃlnik)
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
də̏žju
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
də̏žjem
Masculine inan., soft o-stem, ending accent
nom. sing.
gen. sing. dəžjȁ
singular
nominative
accusative
genitive dəžjȁ
dative dəžjȕ
locative dəžjȕ
instrumental dəžjȅm

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran