korablja

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kȍrābalj
• kȍrāb
• kòrab

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korabľь, from Ancient Greek καράβιον (karábion) or κάραβος (kárabos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒrabʎa/
• Hyphenation: ko‧rab

Noun

kòrablja f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀рабља)

1. (archaic, literary) Alternative form of kȍrāb
2. (archaic, literary) ark, vessel
3. (archaic, literary) Noah's ark
4. (archaic, literary) the Ark of the Covenant
5. (archaic, literary) large container, coffin

Declension

Declension of korablja

	singular	plural
nominative	kòrablja	korablje
genitive	korablje	korabalja
dative	korablji	korabljama
accusative	korablju	korablje
vocative	korabljo	korablje
locative	korablji	korabljama
instrumental	korabljom	korabljama

Synonyms

• kovčeg

References

• Pero Budmani, editor (1898–1903), “korabla”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 317
• “korablja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025