zadruga

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian zȃdruga/за̑друга (“commune”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zæˈdɹuːɡə/

Noun

zadruga (plural zadrugas or zadruge)

1. A social unit of rural community among the South Slavs, associated with family links and set customs.
   • 2007, Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain, Hurst & Co, published 2007, pages 7–8:

     Byzantine culture was forced to retreat in the face of a way of life based on the extended family commune or zadruga, which was further organised around loose tribal areas known as županije.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zâːdruɡa/
• Hyphenation: za‧dru‧ga

Noun

zȃdruga f (Cyrillic spelling за̑друга)

1. zadruga
2. commune, cooperative

Declension

Declension of zadruga

	singular	plural
nominative	zadruga	zadruge
genitive	zadruge	zadruga
dative	zadruzi	zadrugama
accusative	zadrugu	zadruge
vocative	zadrugo	zadruge
locative	zadruzi	zadrugama
instrumental	zadrugom	zadrugama

Further reading

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