njegov

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From njȅg-, the genitive singular of the first-person pronoun ȏn + -ov, a suffix forming possessive adjectives. Used since the 13th century, replacing the postpositive genitive of the personal pronoun jego. Akin to Slovene njegôv and Bulgarian негов (négov).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲěɡoʋ/

Pronoun

njègov (Cyrillic spelling њѐгов)

  1. his (that which belongs to him)

Declension

See also

myyourhisheritsouryourtheirreflexive
mojtvojnjegovnjezin = njennjegovnašvašnjihovsvoj

References

  • njegov” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /njɛˈɡɔ̀ːw/, /njɛˈɡɔ́w/
  • Tonal orthography: njegóv, njegȍv

Determiner

njegôv or njegòv

  1. his
  2. its (neuter)

Declension

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