Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nebogъ. Akin to a similar bahuvrihi adjective ȕbog. Morpohologically as if ne- +‎ bȏg.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /něboɡ/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧bog

Adjective

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nèbog (Cyrillic spelling нѐбог, definite nèbogī, comparative nebogiji)

  1. miserable, wretched
  2. unfortunate, unhappy

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • nebog”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 667