njega

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *něga.

Alternative forms

• nȅga (Ekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲêɡa/
• Hyphenation: nje‧ga

Noun

njȅga f (Cyrillic spelling ње̏га)

1. care, nursing

Declension

Declension of njega

	singular	plural
nominative	njȅga	njege
genitive	njege	njega
dative	njȅzi	njegama
accusative	njegu	njege
vocative	njego	njege
locative	njȅzi	njegama
instrumental	njegom	njegama

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲêɡa/
• Hyphenation: nje‧ga

Pronoun

njȅga (Cyrillic spelling ње̏га)

1. of him (genitive singular of ȏn (“he”))
2. him (accusative singular of ȏn (“he”))
3. of it (genitive singular of òno (“it”))
4. it (accusative singular of òno (“it”))

Usage notes

Njega is used only after prepositions; otherwise njega is shortened to clitic ga.

Declension

    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns

	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	ȏn	òna	òno	òni	òne	òna
genitive	njȅga, ga	njȇ, je	njȅga, ga	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
dative	njȅmu, mu	njȏj, joj	njȅmu, mu	njȉma, im	njȉma, im	njȉma, im
accusative	njȅga, ga, nj	njȗ, ju, je	njȅga, ga, nj	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
vocative	—	—	—	—	—	—
locative	njȅm, njȅmu	njȏj	njȅm, njȅmu	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma
instrumental	njȋm, njíme	njȏm, njóme	njȋm, njíme	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma