blazina

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bolzina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”), cognate with Russian болозно (bolozno, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”). Compare Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱‎ (barəziš, “cushion, cover”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), German Balg (“fell”), Persian بالش‎ (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blǎzina/
  • Hyphenation: bla‧zi‧na

Noun

blàzina f (Cyrillic spelling бла̀зина)

  1. (regional, rare, Croatia) pillow
    • 1982, Branko Hećimović, Izabrane slovenske drame
      Soba je velika ali vrlo niska i u strahovitom neredu; strop je drven i potamnio; pod je zemljan; u kutu napola srušena peć; uza zidove iskrivljene klupe; slijeva, uz samu peć, velika blazina na podu.
    • 2011, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića
      Zato ona metne u krevet kraljevne jedno zrno graška, a na nj tri slamnjače i devet blazina. 'Osjeti li grašak preko tri slamnjače i devet blazina, onda ću znati, da je prava ...
  2. (regional, rare, Croatia) cushion

Declension
Declension of blazina
singular plural
nominative blazina blazine
genitive blazine blazina
dative blazini blazinama
accusative blazinu blazine
vocative blazino blazine
locative blazini blazinama
instrumental blazinom blazinama

Synonyms
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