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riza

риза

ríza · /rǐːza/ · fem.

Not to be confused with riža — rice

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NOUN
  1. formal (in church) vestment; chasuble
    Na ikoni je svetitelj prikazan u zlatnoj rizi. — On the icon the saint is depicted in a golden vestment.
  2. formal (on an icon) icon cover; riza
    U katalogu piše da ikona ima srebrnu rizu iz osamnaestog veka. — The catalogue says the icon has an eighteenth-century silver cover.

A bookish, Church Slavonic word. A priest's vestment is usually called "odežda" today, and the metal cover of an icon is "okov" (srebrni okov ikone).

Synonyms:
odežda
Declension, fem.
singularplural
Nom.rizarize
Gen.rizeriza
Dat.rizirizama
Acc.rizurize
Voc.rizorize
Ins.rizomrizama
Loc.rizirizama
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