ožujak
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lъžujьkъ, a derivative of *lъžь (“lie”) (Serbo-Croatian: lȃž). The month name would thus mean "deceitful, deceptive month". First attested in the 18th century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]òžujak m (Cyrillic spelling о̀жујак, relational adjective òžujskī)
- (Croatia) March
- Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia) mȁrt
- u ožujku ― in March
- osmog ožujka ― on the eighth of March
Declension
[edit]Declension of ožujak
See also
[edit]- (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/siječanj, februar/veljača, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac (Category: sh:Gregorian calendar months)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “òžujak”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 96
Further reading
[edit]- “ožujak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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