Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ekavian): bèleg
• (regional Ijekavian): bjèleg, bjèljeg

Noun

bìljeg m ‎(Cyrillic spelling бѝљег)

1. mark, marker

   tumorski biljeg‎ ― tumor marker

   molekularni biljeg‎ ― molecular marker

2. feature, trait, characteristic
3. birthmark
4. (Croatia) tax stamp, stamp (for applications and administrative expenses, not for postal services)

   svaka firma ima svoj logo i biljeg‎ ― each company has its own logo and a stamp

5. sign, signal, symptom

Declension

References

• “biljeg” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Skok, Petar (1971) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 150
• Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 1, page 171