rodbina

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodъ via From rod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rôdbina/
• Hyphenation: rod‧bi‧na

Noun

rȍdbina f (Cyrillic spelling ро̏дбина)

1. (uncountable) relatives, kin, kindred (extended family collectively)
   • 1842, anonymous, “Освободьеный Іанко” in Сѣрбскій Лѣтописъ, 1842 edition, part 4 (year XVI, book 59), page 73:

     „Лѣпша ми є мила
     Него сва родбина:
     Мила ми помогла,
     Родбина не могла.“

     My dear is more beautiful to me
     Than all my relatives:
     My dear helped me,
     My relatives could not.

Declension

Declension of rodbina

	singular
nominative	rodbina
genitive	rodbine
dative	rodbini
accusative	rodbinu
vocative	rodbino
locative	rodbini
instrumental	rodbinom

Further reading

• “rodbina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025