hiža

See also: hiza

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xyža, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Compare Bulgarian хижа (hiža, “chalet, hut”), Slovene hiša (“house”), Slovak chyža.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xîʒa/
• Hyphenation: hi‧ža

Noun

hȉža f (Cyrillic spelling хи̏жа)

1. (Kajkavian, Chakavian, regional) house; home; palace; shepherd's abode
   • 15C, Džore Držić, Radmio i Ljubmir:

     Razmi vrh tve hiže dolijeta iz gore
     Slavic ki bigliše s večera do zore,
     Ter svudi razdili tužan glas pojući,
     Kako da tuj cvili tve ime zovući.

   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     Malo jih ubiže, mnogo jih zagubi,
     napuni sve hiže blaga ko urubi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1594, N. N., Cantio de matrimonio:

     Svemu gospodinu hižo da čuva,
     na njega marho pasko da nosi,
     preje ni tkanja neima zabiti,
     družino svô na dobro vučiti.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1687, Juraj Ščrbačić, De rebellione comitis Petri Zriny:

     Čakal kak je dugo po milošče tužni,
     hodeč zaprt v hiži kakti drugi sužni.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1874, August Šenoa, Čudnovita dveh kaputov zmešarija:

     Tam gde s plotom stoji žuta hiža lepa.
     Kluč od svoje porte zvadil Peter z žepa;

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1936, Miroslav Krleža, Balade Petrice Kerempuha:

     Za šentom je baba zletela vun,
     mesec nad hižom čkomel je pun.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1982, Mišo Marić, Titova biografija:

     Rodila muško Marija majka,
     hiža uz Sutlu, puntarski kraj,
     gdje istina sve je i sve je bajka:
     i davni Gubec i 7. maj.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian hiža, from Proto-Slavic *xyža, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xîʒḁ/

Noun

hiža f

1. house, home

Declension

    declension of hiža (series-2b fem)

	singular	plural
nominative	hiža	hiže
genitive	hiže	hiž, hiži
dative	hižu	hižami, hiži
accusative	hižu	hiže
locative	hižu	hiže
instrumental	hižom	hižami, hiži

References

• Ivica Peša Matracki and Nada Županović Filipin (2014), Changes in the System of Oblique Cases in Molise Croatian Dialect.
• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).
• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).