lijek

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěkъ, borrowed from Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis, physician)[1]. Compare Old Norse læknir, Old High German lahhi, Danish læge.

Noun

lijȇk m (Cyrillic spelling лије̑к)

  1. medicine, cure

Declension

  1. lijȇčnīk/lȇčnīk
  2. ljèkārna

References

  1. Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Z., 1971, v. 2, p. 296: Obično se uzimlje da je praslavenska riječ posuđena iz gotske radne imenice lekeis
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