kazna

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kaznь, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂⸝₃ǵ-n-, see also Old Irish cáin (tribute, law), Welsh digon.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâzna/
  • Hyphenation: kaz‧na

Noun

kȁzna f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏зна)

  1. punishment
  2. penalty
  3. visitation (of God)

Declension

See also

  • globa
  • nema kazne, nema zakona (Nulla poena, nulla lex)

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “ka(g)ni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 183-84
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