Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Irregularly formed as riječ +‎ -nik (regularly it should have been *riječnik). First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rjêːt͡ʃniːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: rječ‧nik

Noun

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rjȇčnīk m (Cyrillic spelling рје̑чнӣк)

  1. (Ijekavian) dictionary

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016–2021) “rječnik”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 303

Further reading

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  • rječnik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025