leđa

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lęďa, *lędvьje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lěːd͡ʑa/
• Hyphenation: le‧đa

Noun

léđa n pl (Cyrillic spelling ле́ђа)

1. (plural only) back

   Da li želiš utrljati malo losiona na moja leđa? ― Do you want to rub some lotion on my back?

   Bole me leđa. ― My back hurts.

   Lezi s rukama iza leđa! ― Lie down with your hands behind your back!

   Lezi na leđa. ― lie on your back.

2. idiomatic and figurative meanings

   okrenuti nekome leđa ― to turn one's back on somebody

   raditi iza nečijih leđa ― to work behind somebody's back

   podmetnuti leđa ― to shoulder, take on

   čuvati nečija leđa ― to watch somebody's back

Declension

Declension of leđa

	plural
nominative	léđa
genitive	léđā
dative	leđima
accusative	leđa
vocative	leđa
locative	leđima
instrumental	leđima

Derived terms

• lȇđnī

References

• “leđa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024