Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. First attested in the 19th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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žbȗn m (Cyrillic spelling жбу̑н)

  1. bush, shrub
    Synonym: grm

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žbȗn”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 615

Further reading

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  • žbun” in Hrvatski jezični portal