agonija
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡǒnija/
- Hyphenation: a‧go‧ni‧ja
- Rhymes: -ija
Noun
agònija f (Cyrillic spelling аго̀нија)
- agony
Declension
Declension of agonija
singular | plural | |
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nominative | agonija | agonije |
genitive | agonije | agonija |
dative | agoniji | agonijama |
accusative | agoniju | agonije |
vocative | agonijo | agonije |
locative | agoniji | agonijama |
instrumental | agonijom | agonijama |
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía), which is derived from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).
Pronunciation
Pronunciation of agonija
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˌaɡoˈníːjà], SNPT: [agonȋja] |
• (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): [ˌaɣoˈníːjà], SNPT: [aɣonȋja] |
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
Miscellaneous
• Rhymes: -iːja (-íja) (non-tonal) |
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Noun
agonȋja f
- Agony, death struggle.
- (by extension) the process of dying out.
- Da bi se ta agonija čim prej končala, sem sam predlagal, naj me odstavijo.
- I suggested to step down in order to end end this agony.
Inflection
First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent | |||
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nom. sing. | agonȋja | ||
gen. sing. | agonȋje | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik | agonȋja | agonȋji | agonȋje |
genitive rodȋlnik | agonȋje | agonȋj | agonȋj |
dative dajȃlnik | agonȋji | agonȋjama | agonȋjam |
accusative tožȋlnik | agonȋjo | agonȋji | agonȋje |
locative mẹ̑stnik | agonȋji | agonȋjah | agonȋjah |
instrumental orọ̑dnik | agonȋjo | agonȋjama | agonȋjami |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) | agonȋja | agonȋji | agonȋje |
Synonyms
- crkavanje (offensive)
- smrtni boj (expressive)
- ugašanje (expressive)
- umiranje
See also
- umirati
- propadanje
Further reading
- “agonija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran