žrtva

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьrtva (“sacrifice”), from *žьrti (“to sacrifice”) + *-tva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *girʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrH- (Derksen) or *gʷerh₂- (Author?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒr̂tʋa/
• Hyphenation: žrt‧va

Noun

žȑtva f (Cyrillic spelling жр̏тва)

1. sacrifice
2. offering
3. victim

Declension

Declension of žrtva

	singular	plural
nominative	žrtva	žrtve
genitive	žrtve	žrtava
dative	žrtvi	žrtvama
accusative	žrtvu	žrtve
vocative	žrtvo	žrtve
locative	žrtvi	žrtvama
instrumental	žrtvom	žrtvama

Related terms

• žrtvovati
• ljudska žrtva