južina

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

jug (south) + -ina. (Not to be confused with užina from Proto-Slavic *južina.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jûʒina/
  • Hyphenation: ju‧ži‧na

Noun

jȕžina f (Cyrillic spelling ју̏жина)

  1. (meteorology) High atmospheric pressure and humidity caused by the wind sirocco, notable for the tendency to have negative mood effects.
  2. (metonymically) sirocco

Declension

See also

  • jugo (sirocco)

References

  • južina” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *južina / *južinъ (meal at noon), from *jugъ (South, south wind). Related to Austrian German Jause.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jùːʒina/

Noun

júžina f

  1. lunch

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. júžina
gen. sing. júžine
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
júžina júžini júžine
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
júžine júžin júžin
dative
(dajȃlnik)
júžini júžinama júžinam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
júžino júžini júžine
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
júžini júžinah júžinah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
júžino júžinama júžinami

Descendants

  • Austrian German: Jause
  • Bavarian: Jausn

Further reading

  • južina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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