smjena

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Czech směna. First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smjêna/
  • Hyphenation: smje‧na

Noun

smjȅna f (Cyrillic spelling смје̏на)

  1. shift (a set group of workers or period of working time)
  2. change, act of changing (of guard, generations etc.)

Declension

Declension of smjena
singular plural
nominative smjȅna smjene
genitive smjene smjȇnā
dative smjeni smjenama
accusative smjenu smjene
vocative smjeno smjene
locative smjeni smjenama
instrumental smjenom smjenama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021), “smjena”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 363
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