Serbo-Croatian

Noun

knjȉga f ‎(Cyrillic spelling књи̏га)

1. book
2. (archaic, poetic) scroll, letter, missive
   • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:

     On ne nosi tice lastavice, / Veće knjigu od Bogorodice, / Odnese je caru na Kosovo, / Spušta knjigu caru na koleno...

     He bears not a swallow-bird, / But a letter from the Theotokos, / Carries it off to the Tsar on Kosovo, / Lowers the letter upon the Tsar’s knee...

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “knjiga” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъniga, cognate with Russian книга ‎(kniga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknjìːɡa/
• Tonal orthography: knjíga

Noun

knjíga f ‎(genitive knjíge, nominative plural knjíge)

1. book

Declension

Derived terms

• knjigárna
• knjížen
• knjížnica