boginja

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogyni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǒɡiɲa/
• Hyphenation: bo‧gi‧nja

Noun

bòginja f (Cyrillic spelling бо̀гиња)

1. goddess

Declension

Declension of boginja

	singular	plural
nominative	boginja	boginje
genitive	boginje	boginja
dative	boginji	boginjama
accusative	boginju	boginje
vocative	boginjo	boginje
locative	boginji	boginjama
instrumental	boginjom	boginjama

References

• “boginja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bogyni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔɡìːnja/

Noun

bogínja f (male equivalent bọ̑g)

1. goddess

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bogínja
gen. sing.	bogínje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bogínja	bogínji	bogínje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bogínje	bogínj	bogínj
dative (dajȃlnik)	bogínji	bogínjama	bogínjam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bogínjo	bogínji	bogínje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bogínji	bogínjah	bogínjah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bogínjo	bogínjama	bogínjami

Further reading

• “boginja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025