blazina

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

blàzinja

Etymology

Cognates

Cognate with Russian болозно (bolozno, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”). Compare Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱‎ (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), German Balg (“fell”), Persian ‎ (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blǎzina/
Hyphenation: bla‧zi‧na

Noun

blàzina f (Cyrillic spelling бла̀зина)

(regional, rare, Croatia) pillow
- 1982, Branko Hećimović, Izabrane slovenske drame:
  Soba je velika ali vrlo niska i u strahovitom neredu; strop je drven i potamnio; pod je zemljan; u kutu napola srušena peć; uza zidove iskrivljene klupe; slijeva, uz samu peć, velika blazina na podu.
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- 2011, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića:
  Zato ona metne u krevet kraljevne jedno zrno graška, a na nj tri slamnjače i devet blazina. 'Osjeti li grašak preko tri slamnjače i devet blazina, onda ću znati, da je prava ...
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(regional, rare, Croatia) cushion

Declension

Declension of blazina

	singular	plural
nominative	blazina	blazine
genitive	blazine	blazina
dative	blazini	blazinama
accusative	blazinu	blazine
vocative	blazino	blazine
locative	blazini	blazinama
instrumental	blazinom	blazinama

Synonyms

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