крњ

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 19 March 2013

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъnъ (whence also dialectal Russian ко́рный (kórnyj, short), Czech krniti (to cut)). Cognate with Latvian kurls (deaf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kr̩̂ɲ/

Adjective

кр̏њ (definite кр̏њӣ, comparative кр̏њӣ, Latin spelling kȑnj)

  1. truncated, cut off
  2. incomplete
    крњи текстincomplete text
  3. defective, damaged
    крњи зубbroken tooth
  4. idiomatic and figurative meanings
    крњи парламен(а)тa rump parliament
    крња реченицаan elliptical sentence
    крњи стожац/конусa truncated cone

Declension

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:krnj.

References

  • крњ” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • крњ”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 81
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