cilj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German zil. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sîːʎ/

Noun

cȋlj m inan (Cyrillic spelling ци̑љ)

  1. goal, purpose
  2. end, target

Declension

Declension of cilj
singular plural
nominative cilj ciljevi
genitive cilja ciljeva
dative cilju ciljevima
accusative cilj ciljeve
vocative cilju ciljevi
locative cilju ciljevima
instrumental ciljem ciljevima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “cilj”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 109

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German zil. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡síːl/

Noun

cȋlj m inan

  1. goal, purpose
  2. end, target

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. cílj
gen. sing. cílja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		cílj cílja cílji
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		cílja cíljev cíljev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		cílju cíljema cíljem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		cílj cílja cílje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		cílju cíljih cíljih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		cíljem cíljema cílji

Further reading

  • “cilj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
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