Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gybnǫti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡînuti/
  • Hyphenation: gi‧nu‧ti

Verb

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gȉnuti impf (Cyrillic spelling ги̏нути)

  1. (intransitive) to be killed, perish (usually in a war or an accident)
    • 1380, N. N., “ⱄⱅ꙯ꙿ ⱄⰵ ⰽⱁⱀꙿⱍⰰ” in the Paris Miscellany of 1380 (Code slave 11), folio 189b et seq.:
      ⱄⱅ꙯ꙿ ⱄⰵ ⰽⱁⱀꙿⱍⰰ ⰻ ⱄⰾꙿⱀꙿⱌⰵ ⱓⱃꙿ ⰸⰰⱈⱁⰴⰻ ·
      ⱂⱃⰲ꙯ⰴⰰ ⰳⰻⱀⰵ ⰾⱓⰱꙿⰲⱜ ⱄꙿⱅⰻⱀⰵ · ⱅⱞⰰ ⰻⱄⱈⱁⰴⰻ ·
      s(vě)t’ se kon’ča i sl’n’ce jur’ zahodi ·
      pr(a)vda gine ljub’v s’tine · tma ishodi ·
      The world is ending, and the sun is already setting:
      justice perishes, love congeals, darkness comes forth.
  2. (intransitive) to long for, dream of; languish, sigh

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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