krnj

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 19 March 2013

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrnъ (whence also dialectal Russian ко́рный (kórnyj, “short”), Czech krniti (“to cut”), Romanian cârn (“snub-nosed”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). Cognate with Latvian kurls (“deaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kr̩̂ɲ/

Adjective

kȑnj (Cyrillic spelling кр̏њ, definite kȑnjī, comparative kȑnjī)

1. truncated, cut off
2. incomplete

   krnji tekst ― incomplete text

3. defective, damaged

   krnji zub ― broken tooth

4. idiomatic and figurative meanings

   krnji parlamen(a)t ― a rump parliament

   krnja rečenica ― an elliptical sentence

   krnji stožac/konus ― a truncated cone

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krnj	krnja	krnje
genitive		krnja	krnje	krnja
dative		krnju	krnjoj	krnju
accusative	inanimate animate	krnj krnja	krnju	krnje
vocative		krnj	krnja	krnje
locative		krnju	krnjoj	krnju
instrumental		krnjim	krnjom	krnjim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krnji	krnje	krnja
genitive		krnjih	krnjih	krnjih
dative		krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)
accusative		krnje	krnje	krnja
vocative		krnji	krnje	krnja
locative		krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)
instrumental		krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krnji	krnja	krnje
genitive		krnjeg(a)	krnje	krnjeg(a)
dative		krnjem(u)	krnjoj	krnjem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	krnji krnjeg(a)	krnju	krnje
vocative		krnji	krnja	krnje
locative		krnjem(u)	krnjoj	krnjem(u)
instrumental		krnjim	krnjom	krnjim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krnji	krnje	krnja
genitive		krnjih	krnjih	krnjih
dative		krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)
accusative		krnje	krnje	krnja
vocative		krnji	krnje	krnja
locative		krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)
instrumental		krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krnji	krnja	krnje
genitive		krnjeg(a)	krnje	krnjeg(a)
dative		krnjem(u)	krnjoj	krnjem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	krnji krnjeg(a)	krnju	krnje
vocative		krnji	krnja	krnje
locative		krnjem(u)	krnjoj	krnjem(u)
instrumental		krnjim	krnjom	krnjim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krnji	krnje	krnja
genitive		krnjih	krnjih	krnjih
dative		krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)
accusative		krnje	krnje	krnja
vocative		krnji	krnje	krnja
locative		krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)
instrumental		krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)	krnjim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najkrnji	najkrnja	najkrnje
genitive		najkrnjeg(a)	najkrnje	najkrnjeg(a)
dative		najkrnjem(u)	najkrnjoj	najkrnjem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najkrnji najkrnjeg(a)	najkrnju	najkrnje
vocative		najkrnji	najkrnja	najkrnje
locative		najkrnjem(u)	najkrnjoj	najkrnjem(u)
instrumental		najkrnjim	najkrnjom	najkrnjim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najkrnji	najkrnje	najkrnja
genitive		najkrnjih	najkrnjih	najkrnjih
dative		najkrnjim(a)	najkrnjim(a)	najkrnjim(a)
accusative		najkrnje	najkrnje	najkrnja
vocative		najkrnji	najkrnje	najkrnja
locative		najkrnjim(a)	najkrnjim(a)	najkrnjim(a)
instrumental		najkrnjim(a)	najkrnjim(a)	najkrnjim(a)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:krnj.

References

• “krnj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “krnj”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 81