agonija

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡǒnija/
• Hyphenation: a‧go‧ni‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

Noun

agònija f (Cyrillic spelling аго̀нија)

1. agony

Declension

Declension of agonija

	singular	plural
nominative	agonija	agonije
genitive	agonije	agonija
dative	agoniji	agonijama
accusative	agoniju	agonije
vocative	agonijo	agonije
locative	agoniji	agonijama
instrumental	agonijom	agonijama

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía), which is derived from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of agonija

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˌaɡoˈníːjà], SNPT: [agonȋja] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˌaɡoˈniːja], SNPT: [agoníja]

• (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): [ˌaɣoˈníːjà], SNPT: [aɣonȋja]

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

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -iːja (-íja) (non-tonal) • Hyphenation: ag‧o‧n‧i‧ja

Noun

agonȋja f

1. Agony, death struggle.
2. (by extension) the process of dying out.

   Da bi se ta agonija čim prej končala, sem sam predlagal, naj me odstavijo.

   I suggested to step down in order to end end this agony.

Inflection

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	agonȋja
gen. sing.	agonȋje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	agonȋja	agonȋji	agonȋje
genitive rodȋlnik	agonȋje	agonȋj	agonȋj
dative dajȃlnik	agonȋji	agonȋjama	agonȋjam
accusative tožȋlnik	agonȋjo	agonȋji	agonȋje
locative mẹ̑stnik	agonȋji	agonȋjah	agonȋjah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	agonȋjo	agonȋjama	agonȋjami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	agonȋja	agonȋji	agonȋje

Synonyms

• crkavanje (offensive)
• smrtni boj (expressive)
• ugašanje (expressive)
• umiranje

See also

• umirati
• propadanje

Further reading

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