zmija
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *zmьja.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zmija f animal (diminutive zmijica)
- viper, adder
- (specifically) common European adder, cross adder (Vipera berus)
Declension edit
declension of zmija
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
Noun edit
zmìja f (Cyrillic spelling змѝја, diminutive zmìjica, augmentative zmijùrina, relational adjective zmȋjskī)
Declension edit
Declension of zmija
Derived terms edit
- kriti kao zmija noge (literally “to hide like a snake hides its legs”)
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)
Declension edit
Declension of zmija
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