jekavica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Coined in the 19th century.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jěːkaʋit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: je‧ka‧vi‧ca

Noun

jékavica f (Cyrillic spelling је́кавица)

1. (uncountable) Jekavian speech or dialects

Declension

Declension of jekavica

	singular
nominative	jekavica
genitive	jekavice
dative	jekavici
accusative	jekavicu
vocative	jekavice
locative	jekavici
instrumental	jekavicom

References

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