zavidost

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

zavidost f (Cyrillic spelling завидост)

1. (archaic, Croatia) envy, jealousy
   • 1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:

     ljubavi počituć, od zavidosti mrem;

     venerating love, I die of envy;

   • late 16C, Dinko Ranjina, Jednomu ki ništo ne učini a tuđe sve huli:

     Jadovni zleče moj, zavidos s kim bjesni,

     Za zle prem tolikoj ne scijeni me pjesni.

     Oh you my wretched foe, who do with envy rage,

     so great a wrath as yours my poems to not deserve.

   • 1893, Mato Vodopić, Marija Konavoka:

     Tako se čini svake godine bez inada i zavidosti, jere sva braća treba da se obrede, što niko ne može izmaknuti gozbi i starješinstvu.

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   Synonyms: (archaic) nenávist, závist

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