željeznica

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• žèleznica (Ekavian)
• žèliznica (Ikavian)

Etymology

From željezan +‎ -ica, shortening from Calque of German Eisenbahn, željezni put, from željezo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒěʎeznit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: že‧lje‧zni‧ca

Noun

žèljeznica f (Cyrillic spelling жѐљезница)

1. railway

Declension

Declension of željeznica

	singular	plural
nominative	željeznica	željeznice
genitive	željeznice	željeznica
dative	željeznici	željeznicama
accusative	željeznicu	željeznice
vocative	željeznico	željeznice
locative	željeznici	željeznicama
instrumental	željeznicom	željeznicama

Further reading

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