pjesma

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pȅsma (Ekavian)
• pisma (Ikavian)

Etymology

From earlier *pěsna, by assimilation p-n > p-m from Proto-Slavic *pěsnь. The original stem has been preserved in archaic pjȅsan and pjȅsna as well as old derivations such as pjȅsnīk/pȅsnīk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjêsma/
• Hyphenation: pje‧sma

Noun

pjȅsma f (Cyrillic spelling пје̏сма)

1. poem (literary piece written in verse)
2. song

Declension

Declension of pjesma

	singular	plural
nominative	pjȅsma	pjesme
genitive	pjesme	pjȅsāmā
dative	pjesmi	pjesmama
accusative	pjesmu	pjesme
vocative	pjesmo	pjesmi
locative	pjesmi	pjesmama
instrumental	pjesmom	pjesmama

References

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