južina

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

jug (“south”) +‎ -ina. (Not to be confused with užina from Proto-Slavic *južina.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jûʒina/
• Hyphenation: ju‧ži‧na

Noun

jȕžina f (Cyrillic spelling ју̏жина)

1. (meteorology) High atmospheric pressure and humidity caused by the wind sirocco, notable for the tendency to have negative mood effects.
2. (metonymically) sirocco

Declension

Declension of južina

	singular	plural
nominative	južina	južine
genitive	jȕžinē	jȕžīnā
dative	južini	južinama
accusative	južinu	južine
vocative	južino	južine
locative	južini	južinama
instrumental	jȕžinōm	južinama

See also

• jugo (“sirocco”)

References

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *južina / *južinъ (“meal at noon”), from *jugъ (“South, south wind”). Related to Austrian German Jause.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jùːʒina/

Noun

júžina f

1. lunch

Inflection

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.	júžina
gen. sing.	júžine
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	júžina	júžini	júžine
genitive (rodȋlnik)	júžine	júžin	júžin
dative (dajȃlnik)	júžini	júžinama	júžinam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	júžino	júžini	júžine
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	júžini	júžinah	júžinah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	júžino	júžinama	júžinami

Descendants

• → Austrian German: Jause
• → Bavarian: Jausn

Further reading

• “južina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran