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žito

жито

žȉto · /ʒîto/ · neut.

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NOUN
  1. grain; cereal
    Ove godine je žito dobro rodilo. — The grain crop was good this year.
    Seljaci su prodali žito zadruzi. — The farmers sold their grain to the co-op.
  2. wheat
    Polja oko sela su puna žita. — The fields around the village are full of wheat.
  3. (for a slava or memorial) koliva; boiled sweetened wheat
    Mama sprema žito za slavu. — Mom is making koliva for the slava.

In everyday Serbian, žito most often means wheat.

Declension, neut.
singularplural
Nom.žitožita
Gen.žitažita
Dat.žitužitima
Acc.žitožita
Voc.žitožita
Ins.žitomžitima
Loc.žitužitima
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