krnj
Serbo-Croatian
FWOTD – 19 March 2013
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *krъnъ (whence also dialectal Russian ко́рный (kórnyj, “short”), Czech krniti (“to cut”), Romanian cârn (“snub-nosed”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”).[1] Cognate with Latvian kurls (“deaf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kr̩̂ɲ/
Adjective
kȑnj (definite kȑnjī, comparative kȑnjī, Cyrillic spelling кр̏њ)
- truncated, cut off
- incomplete
- krnji tekst ― incomplete text
- defective, damaged
- krnji zub ― broken tooth
- idiomatic and figurative meanings
- krnji parlamen(a)t ― a rump parliament
- krnja rečenica ― an elliptical sentence
- krnji stožac/konus ― a truncated cone
Declension
positive indefinite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | krnj | krnja | krnje | |
| genitive | krnja | krnje | krnja | |
| dative | krnju | krnjoj | krnju | |
| accusative | inanimate animate | krnj krnja | krnju | krnje |
| vocative | krnj | krnja | krnje | |
| locative | krnju | krnjoj | krnju | |
| instrumental | krnjim | krnjom | krnjim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | krnji | krnje | krnja | |
| genitive | krnjih | krnjih | krnjih | |
| dative | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | |
| accusative | krnje | krnje | krnja | |
| vocative | krnji | krnje | krnja | |
| locative | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | |
| instrumental | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | |
positive definite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | krnji | krnja | krnje | |
| genitive | krnjeg(a) | krnje | krnjeg(a) | |
| dative | krnjem(u) | krnjoj | krnjem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate | krnji krnjeg(a) | krnju | krnje |
| vocative | krnji | krnja | krnje | |
| locative | krnjem(u) | krnjoj | krnjem(u) | |
| instrumental | krnjim | krnjom | krnjim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | krnji | krnje | krnja | |
| genitive | krnjih | krnjih | krnjih | |
| dative | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | |
| accusative | krnje | krnje | krnja | |
| vocative | krnji | krnje | krnja | |
| locative | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | |
| instrumental | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | |
comparative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | krnji | krnja | krnje | |
| genitive | krnjeg(a) | krnje | krnjeg(a) | |
| dative | krnjem(u) | krnjoj | krnjem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate | krnji krnjeg(a) | krnju | krnje |
| vocative | krnji | krnja | krnje | |
| locative | krnjem(u) | krnjoj | krnjem(u) | |
| instrumental | krnjim | krnjom | krnjim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | krnji | krnje | krnja | |
| genitive | krnjih | krnjih | krnjih | |
| dative | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | |
| accusative | krnje | krnje | krnja | |
| vocative | krnji | krnje | krnja | |
| locative | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | |
| instrumental | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | krnjim(a) | |
superlative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | najkrnji | najkrnja | najkrnje | |
| genitive | najkrnjeg(a) | najkrnje | najkrnjeg(a) | |
| dative | najkrnjem(u) | najkrnjoj | najkrnjem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate | najkrnji najkrnjeg(a) | najkrnju | najkrnje |
| vocative | najkrnji | najkrnja | najkrnje | |
| locative | najkrnjem(u) | najkrnjoj | najkrnjem(u) | |
| instrumental | najkrnjim | najkrnjom | najkrnjim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | najkrnji | najkrnje | najkrnja | |
| genitive | najkrnjih | najkrnjih | najkrnjih | |
| dative | najkrnjim(a) | najkrnjim(a) | najkrnjim(a) | |
| accusative | najkrnje | najkrnje | najkrnja | |
| vocative | najkrnji | najkrnje | najkrnja | |
| locative | najkrnjim(a) | najkrnjim(a) | najkrnjim(a) | |
| instrumental | najkrnjim(a) | najkrnjim(a) | najkrnjim(a) | |
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:krnj.
References
- “krnj” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “krnj”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 81
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 938-47