biljeg

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bèleg (Ekavian)
• bjèleg, bjèljeg (regional Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělěgъ, from a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐʎeɡ/
• Hyphenation: bi‧ljeg

Noun

bìljeg m (Cyrillic spelling бѝљег)

1. mark, marker

   tumorski biljeg ― tumor marker

   molekularni biljeg ― molecular marker

2. feature, trait, characteristic
3. birthmark
4. (Croatia) tax stamp, stamp (for applications and administrative expenses, not for postal services)

   svaka firma ima svoj logo i biljeg ― each company has its own logo and a stamp

5. sign, signal, symptom

Declension

Declension of biljeg

	singular	plural
nominative	bìljeg	biljezi
genitive	bìljega	biljega
dative	biljegu	biljezima
accusative	biljeg	biljege
vocative	bilježe	biljezi
locative	biljegu	biljezima
instrumental	biljegom	biljezima

References

• “biljeg” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Skok, Petar (1971) “biljeg”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 150
• “biljeg”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 171