agencija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin agentia, from the oblique stem of Latin agēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡěnt͡sija/
• Hyphenation: a‧gen‧ci‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

Noun

agèncija f (Cyrillic spelling агѐнција)

1. agency

Declension

Declension of agencija

	singular	plural
nominative	agencija	agencije
genitive	agencije	agencija
dative	agenciji	agencijama
accusative	agenciju	agencije
vocative	agencijo	agencije
locative	agenciji	agencijama
instrumental	agencijom	agencijama

References

• “agencija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Medieval Latin agentia, from the oblique stem of Latin agēns.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of agencija

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [aˈɡèːnt͡siˌjá], [ˌaɡenˈt͡síːjà], SNPT: [agẹ́ncija], [agencȋja] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [aˈɡeːnt͡siˌja], [ˌaɡenˈt͡siːja], SNPT: [agéncija], [agencíja]

• (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): [aˈɣèːnt͡siˌjá], [ˌaɣenˈt͡síːjà], SNPT: [aɣẹ́ncija], [aɣencȋja]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

Noun

agẹ̑ncija or agencȋja f

1. Agency, establishment engaged in doing business for another.

   Synonyms: agentȗra, urȁd

2. Agency, government office.

   Synonym: urȁd

Inflection

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	agẹ́ncija, agencȋja
gen. sing.	agẹ́ncije, agencȋje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	agẹ́ncija, agencȋja	agẹ́nciji, agencȋji	agẹ́ncije, agencȋje
genitive rodȋlnik	agẹ́ncije, agencȋje	agẹ́ncij, agencȋj	agẹ́ncij, agencȋj
dative dajȃlnik	agẹ́nciji, agencȋji	agẹ́ncijama, agencȋjama	agẹ́ncijam, agencȋjam
accusative tožȋlnik	agẹ́ncijo, agencȋjo	agẹ́nciji, agencȋji	agẹ́ncije, agencȋje
locative mẹ̑stnik	agẹ́nciji, agencȋji	agẹ́ncijah, agencȋjah	agẹ́ncijah, agencȋjah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	agẹ́ncijo, agencȋjo	agẹ́ncijama, agencȋjama	agẹ́ncijami, agencȋjami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	agẹ̑ncija, agencȋja	agẹ̑nciji, agencȋji	agẹ̑ncije, agencȋje

Further reading

• “agencija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024