veriga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *veriga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋěriɡa/
• Hyphenation: ve‧ri‧ga

Noun

vèriga f (Cyrillic spelling вѐрига, diminutive vèrižica)

1. pothook
2. a large chain that closes or blocks something
3. (in the plural) chains, fetters

Declension

Declension of veriga

	singular	plural
nominative	vèriga	verige
genitive	verige	vȅrīgā
dative	verizi / verigi	verigama
accusative	verigu	verige
vocative	verigo	verige
locative	verizi / verigi	verigama
instrumental	verigom	verigama

References

• “veriga” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *veriga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛrìːɡa/

Noun

veríga f

1. chain (a series of interconnected rings or links)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	veríga
gen. sing.	veríge
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	veríga	verígi	veríge
genitive (rodȋlnik)	veríge	veríg	veríg
dative (dajȃlnik)	verígi	verígama	verígam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	verígo	verígi	veríge
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	verígi	verígah	verígah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	verígo	verígama	verígami

Further reading

• “veriga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran