sijelo

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• sélo (Ekavian)

Etymology

Reflects Proto-Slavic *sědlo, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”), with a sense development similar to Polish posiedzenie, Latin sessio, English sitting. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “citation needed”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sijěːlo/
• Hyphenation: si‧je‧lo

Noun

sijélo n (Cyrillic spelling сије́ло)

1. social call, visit
2. rural evening social gathering, sometimes featuring traditional music and amusements

Declension

Declension of sijelo

	singular	plural
nominative	sijelo	sijela
genitive	sijela	sijela
dative	sijelu	sijelima
accusative	sijelo	sijela
vocative	sijelo	sijela
locative	sijelu	sijelima
instrumental	sijelom	sijelima