srića
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
- srȅća (standard)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъręťa.
Noun edit
srića f (Cyrillic spelling срића)
- (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!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1684, Pavao Vitezović, Odiljenje sigetsko:
- Srići sam odvratil: dah glavu za glave,
smrti se nis' kratil rad viteške slave.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1762, Matija Antun Relković, Satir iliti divji čovik:
- i kog srića jeste odsudila,
da u gradu kakvi zanat dila- (please add an English translation of this quotation)