Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dostojьnъ. Compare Czech důstojný.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dǒːstoːjan/
  • Hyphenation: do‧sto‧jan

Adjective edit

dóstōjan (definite dóstōjnī, comparative dostojniji, Cyrillic spelling до́сто̄јан)

  1. (with genitive) deserving, worthy
    Hvala vam, ali nisam dostojan tolikih pohvala.Thank you, but I am not worthy of so such praise.
  2. (Croatia, informal) decent, satisfactory, all right
    Na kraju ništa od toga, no ipak dostojan pokušaj!In the end, it came to nothing, but a decent try nonetheless!

Declension edit