криж

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin crux.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /krîːʒ/

Noun

кри̑ж m (Latin spelling krȋž)

(Croatia, Bosnia) cross, crucifix (also figuratively)

Usage notes

This word, in religious context, is used mainly by Catholic Christians, and consequently generally more common among Croats than Serbs. Orthodoxs (and Serbs generally) tend to prefer the term кр̏ст.

Declension

Declension of криж

	singular	plural
nominative	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)	кри́жеви
genitive	кри́жа	крижева
dative	крижу	крижевима
accusative	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)	крижеве
vocative	крижу	крижеви
locative	крижу	крижевима
instrumental	крижем	крижевима

Synonyms

(cross): кр̏ст

Ukrainian

криж (sense 2) prevalence in Ukraine

Etymology

From Polish krzyż.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [krɪʒ]
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Noun

криж • (kryž) m inan (genitive кри́жа, nominative plural кри́жі, genitive plural кри́жів)

(dated) cross
Synonym: хрест (xrest)
(in the plural) loins
Synonym: по́пере́к (póperék)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “криж”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “криж”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
“криж”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

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