južina

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

jug (south) + -ina. (Not to be confused with užina from Proto-Slavic *južina.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jûʒina/
  • Hyphenation: ju‧ži‧na

Noun

jȕžina f (Cyrillic spelling ју̏жина)

  1. (meteorology) High atmospheric pressure and humidity caused by the wind sirocco, notable for the tendency to have negative mood effects.
  2. (metonymically) sirocco

Declension

See also

  • jugo (sirocco)

References

  • južina” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *južina / *južinъ (meal at noon), from *jugъ (South, south wind). Related to Austrian German Jause.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jùːʒina/

Noun

júžina f

  1. lunch

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

  • Austrian German: Jause
  • Bavarian: Jausn

Further reading

  • južina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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