agonija
Serbo-Croatian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /aɡǒnija/
- Hyphenation: a‧go‧ni‧ja
- Rhymes: -ija
Declension
    
Declension of agonija
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | agonija | agonije | 
| genitive | agonije | agonija | 
| dative | agoniji | agonijama | 
| accusative | agoniju | agonije | 
| vocative | agonijo | agonije | 
| locative | agoniji | agonijama | 
| instrumental | agonijom | agonijama | 
Slovene
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía), which is derived from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).
Pronunciation
    
 Pronunciation of agonija  
| • (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˌaɡoˈníːjà], SNPT: [agonȋja] | 
| • (Most Littoral and Rovte dialects, part of Upper Carniolan dialects) IPA(key): [ˌaɣoˈníːjà], SNPT: [aɣonȋja] | 
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
Miscellaneous
| • Rhymes: -iːja (-íja) (non-tonal)
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Noun
    
agonȋja f
- Agony, death struggle.
- (by extension) the process of dying out.
- Da bi se ta agonija čim prej končala, sem sam predlagal, naj me odstavijo.- I suggested to step down in order to end end this agony.
 
 
Inflection
    
| First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | agonȋja | ||
| gen. sing. | agonȋje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative imenovȃlnik | agonȋja | agonȋji | agonȋje | 
| genitive rodȋlnik | agonȋje | agonȋj | agonȋj | 
| dative dajȃlnik | agonȋji | agonȋjama | agonȋjam | 
| accusative tožȋlnik | agonȋjo | agonȋji | agonȋje | 
| locative mẹ̑stnik | agonȋji | agonȋjah | agonȋjah | 
| instrumental orọ̑dnik | agonȋjo | agonȋjama | agonȋjami | 
| (vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) | agonȋja | agonȋji | agonȋje | 
Synonyms
    
- crkavanje (offensive)
- smrtni boj (expressive)
- ugašanje (expressive)
- umiranje
See also
    
- umirati
- propadanje
Further reading
    
- “agonija”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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