blazinja
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- blàzina
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bolzina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”), cognate with Russian болозно (bolozno, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”). Compare Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱 (barəziš, “cushion, cover”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), German Balg (“fell”), Persian بالش (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blǎziɲa/
- Hyphenation: bla‧zi‧nja
Noun
blàzinja f (Cyrillic spelling бла̀зиња)
- (regional, Croatia) pillow
- (regional, Croatia) cushion
Declension
Declension of blazinja
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | blazinja | blazinje |
| genitive | blazinje | blazinja |
| dative | blazinji | blazinjama |
| accusative | blazinju | blazinje |
| vocative | blazinjo | blazinje |
| locative | blazinji | blazinjama |
| instrumental | blazinjom | blazinjama |
Synonyms
- jàstuk
- pȅrina / pērnica
- pòdglāvlje
- poduška (archaic)
- (Ragusan): tùndjela
- ùzglavak / ùzglāvlje / ùzglāvnica
- (Croatian): vȁnkūš / vȁnjkūš