See also: źmija, żmija, Żmija, and żmiją

Lower Sorbian edit

 
zmija

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *zmьja.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

zmija f animal (diminutive zmijica)

  1. viper, adder
  2. (specifically) common European adder, cross adder (Vipera berus)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “zmija”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “zmija”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zmьja.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zmǐja/
  • Hyphenation: zmi‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun edit

zmìja f (Cyrillic spelling змѝја, diminutive zmìjica, augmentative zmijùrina, relational adjective zmȋjskī)

  1. snake

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • zmija” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zmьjà.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

zmija f (genitive singular zmije, nominative plural zmije, genitive plural zmijí, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. viper, adder
    Synonym: vretenica

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • zmija”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024