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dunja

Serbo-Croatiannoun
Ћирилица: дуњаone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    quince (tree and fruit)
  2. 2.
    regionalbed cover filled with feathers, duvet, eiderdown
    • Istruli mi dunja u fioci, moj je dragi u Dražinoj vojsci.

      My duvet will go to waste in the drawer, forthy my dear is in the Dražina army.

Etymology

From earlier gdȕnja, from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).

Forms

  • dȕnjacanonical • feminine
  • ду̏њаcyrillic
Nominative
Singular
dunja
Plural
dunje
Genitive
Singular
dunje
Plural
dunja
Dative
Singular
dunji
Plural
dunjama
Accusative
Singular
dunju
Plural
dunje
Vocative
Singular
dunjo
Plural
dunje
Locative
Singular
dunji
Plural
dunjama
Instrumental
Singular
dunjom
Plural
dunjama

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