zadruga

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian zȃdruga/за̑друга (“commune”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zæˈdɹuːɡə/

Noun

zadruga (plural zadrugas or zadruge)

  1. A social unit of rural community among the South Slavs, associated with family links and set customs.
    • 2007, Elizabeth Roberts, Realm of the Black Mountain, Hurst & Co, published 2007, pages 7–8:
      Byzantine culture was forced to retreat in the face of a way of life based on the extended family commune or zadruga, which was further organised around loose tribal areas known as županije.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zâːdruɡa/
  • Hyphenation: za‧dru‧ga

Noun

zȃdruga f (Cyrillic spelling за̑друга)

  1. zadruga
  2. commune, cooperative

Declension
Declension of zadruga
singular plural
nominative zadruga zadruge
genitive zadruge zadruga
dative zadruzi zadrugama
accusative zadrugu zadruge
vocative zadrugo zadruge
locative zadruzi zadrugama
instrumental zadrugom zadrugama

Further reading
  • “zadruga” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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