biljeg

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, from a Turkic language.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bǐʎeɡ/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ljeg

Noun

bìljeg m (Cyrillic spelling бѝљег)

  1. mark, marker
    tumorski biljeg ― tumor marker
    molekularni biljeg ― molecular marker
  2. feature, trait, characteristic
  3. birthmark
  4. (Croatia) tax stamp, stamp (for applications and administrative expenses, not for postal services)
    svaka firma ima svoj logo i biljeg ― each company has its own logo and a stamp
  5. sign, signal, symptom

Declension
Declension of biljeg
singular plural
nominative bìljeg biljezi
genitive bìljega biljega
dative biljegu biljezima
accusative biljeg biljege
vocative bilježe biljezi
locative biljegu biljezima
instrumental biljegom biljezima

References
  • “biljeg” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Skok, Petar (1971) “biljeg”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 150
  • “biljeg”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 171
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