srića

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• srȅća (standard)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъręťa.

Noun

srića f (Cyrillic spelling срића)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) happiness; luck
   • 1556, Petar Hektorović, Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje:

     O Splite čestiti, ku si sriću imil
     Da s' vasda njizdo tî razumnim ljudem bil!

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   • 1630s, Ivan Gundulić, Osman:

     Ali u kakvu, vajme, biću
     Pazim ljubav mú jedinu,
     I još hudju tvu zlu sriću,
     Neg' s koje mi srce stinu.

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   • 1684, Pavao Vitezović, Odiljenje sigetsko:

     Srići sam odvratil: dah glavu za glave,
     smrti se nis' kratil rad viteške slave.

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   • 1762, Matija Antun Relković, Satir iliti divji čovik:

     i kog srića jeste odsudila,
     da u gradu kakvi zanat dila

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Declension

Declension of srića

	singular	plural
nominative	srića	sriće
genitive	sriće	srića
dative	srići	srićama
accusative	sriću	sriće
vocative	srićo	sriće
locative	srići	srićama
instrumental	srićom	srićama