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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Bulgarian не́гов (négov).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲěɡoʋ/

Pronoun

njègov (Cyrillic spelling њѐгов)

  1. his (that which belongs to him)
  2. its (that which belongs to it)

Declension

See also

myyourhisheritsouryourtheirreflexive
mojtvojLua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)njen/njezinLua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)našvašnjihovsvoj

References

  • njegov” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Further reading

  • Tomislav Maretić, editor (1918-1922), ńegov”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 8, Zagreb: JAZU, page 275

Slovene

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /njɛɡɔ̀ːʋ/, /njɛɡɔ́ʋ/

Determiner

njegóv or njegȍv

  1. his
  2. its (neuter)

Inflection

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

Further reading

  • Maks Pleteršnik, editor (1894), njegòv”, in Slovensko-nemški slovar (in Slovene), volume 1, Ljubljana: Knezoškofijstvo, page 713
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