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jezero

//jêzero/ | /jêd͡zero//
Serbo-Croatiannounnum

Definitions

  1. 1.
    lake
    • Sad smo pristali na drugom kraju jezera.

      Now we had moored on the other side of the lake.

  2. 2.
    archaicspring of water
    • u sjenci pod borom jezero gdje vraše

      in the shadow under the pine tree where a spring was bubbling

  3. 3.
    archaicabyss, depth
    • Od vika odrejena jesam i od starih pri nego zemļa biše. Ne bihu jošće ni jezera, a ja jure začata bih, ni bihu jošće vrutki vodeni protekli ni se jošće gore težkom veličinom umistile bihu, pri sfih vrhof ja se rojah.

      [Proverbs 8:23-26, KJV] I was set up from euerlaſting, from the beginning, or euer the earth was. When there were no depthes, I was brought forth : when there were no fountaines abounding with water. Before the mountaines were ſettled : before the hilles, was I brought foorth: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the higheſt part of the duſt of the world.

  4. 4.
    archaicthousand; a great number
    • 1513. Due iezere Turkou Peter Berizlo Biskup Wezprimſzky i Ban na pole Dubichkom ſzuoimi Vitezmy i iunaczi poby.

      1513. Dve jezere Turkov Peter Berislo biškup vesprimski i ban na pole dubičkom svojimi vitezmi i junaci pobi.1513. Péter Beriszló [Petar Berislavić], the bishop of Vezsprém, killed two thousand Turks on the field of Dubica, with his knights and champions.

    • još k tomu svemu obećajemo cesarski i kraljevski dar deset jezer talirov onomu ki njega živoga ili mrtvoga nam v ruke da

      additionally, we promise the imperial and royal gift of ten thousand thalers to that who brings him alive or dead into our hands

    • Kajkavska reč Kaj vre jezer let klopoče.

      The Kaykavian word Kay already for a thousand years has been rattling.

Synonyms & related words

Word family

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ezero, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éźera.

Forms

  • jȅzerocanonical • neuter
  • је̏зероcyrillic
  • jezerskīadjective • relational
  • jezercediminutive
  • jezeralternative
Nominative
Singular
jȅzero
Plural
jezèra, jȅzera
Genitive
Singular
jȅzera
Plural
jezérā, jȅzērā
Dative
Singular
jȅzeru
Plural
jezèrima, jȅzerima
Accusative
Singular
jȅzero
Plural
jezèra, jȅzera
Vocative
Singular
jȅzero
Plural
jezèra, jȅzera
Locative
Singular
jȅzeru, jezèru
Plural
jezèrima, jȅzerima
Instrumental
Singular
jȅzerom
Plural
jezèrima, jȅzerima

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