žir

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See also: zir, зір, жир, and zǐr

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žirъ. Related to žȋv (alive). First attested in the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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žȋr m (Cyrillic spelling жи̑р)

  1. acorn
  2. (card games) acorns

Declension

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See also

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German suits in Serbo-Croatian · njemačke boje, nemačke boje, mađarske boje (layout · text)
crvena, srce bundeva, tikva zelena, zelje, list žir

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žir”, 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 621

Further reading

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  • žir”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • žir”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024