kičma

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قیچ (kıç).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîːt͡ʃma/
• Hyphenation: kič‧ma

Noun

kȋčma f (Cyrillic spelling ки̑чма)

1. spine
2. backbone

Declension

Declension of kičma

	singular	plural
nominative	kȋčma	kičme
genitive	kičme	kȋčmā / kȋčmī
dative	kičmi	kičmama
accusative	kičmu	kičme
vocative	kičmo	kičme
locative	kičmi	kičmama
instrumental	kičmom	kičmama

Synonyms

• (Croatia): králježnica

References

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