крњ

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 19 March 2013

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъnъ (whence also dialectal Russian ко́рный (kórnyj, “short”), Czech krniti (“to cut”)). Cognate with Latvian kurls (“deaf”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kr̩̂ɲ/

Adjective

кр̏њ (definite кр̏њӣ, comparative кр̏њӣ, Latin spelling kȑnj)

  1. truncated, cut off
  2. incomplete
    крњи текст ― incomplete text
  3. defective, damaged
    крњи зуб ― broken tooth
  4. idiomatic and figurative meanings
    крњи парламен(а)т ― a rump parliament
    крња реченица ― an elliptical sentence
    крњи стожац/конус ― a truncated cone

Declension

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:krnj.

References

  • “крњ” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “крњ”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 81
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