pjesan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěsnъ.

Noun

pjȅsan f (Cyrillic spelling пје̏сан)

1. (archaic) song, melody
2. (archaic) poem
   • late 16C, Dinko Ranjina, Jednomu ki ništo ne učini a tuđe sve huli:

     Druga sad imena naše pjesni diče,

     Jer jak lis u cvitju tač nijedna na svit saj

     'tis other names that now our poems do glorify,

     for like a flower's leaves, there nothing on this earth

Declension

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Synonyms

• pjȅsma
• pjȅsna