ćelija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From palatalized (iotized) form of Russian ке́лья (kélʹja), from Latin cella, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕělija/
  • Hyphenation: će‧li‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

ćèlija f (Cyrillic spelling ћѐлија)

  1. cell (room for a monk or nun in a monastery or convent)
  2. cell (room in a prison for containing inmates)
  3. cell (compartment in a honeycomb)
  4. (Montenegro, Serbia, biology) cell (basic unit of a living organism). In Croatia and often in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the synonym stanica is used instead.
  5. (statistics) cell (unit in a statistical array)
  6. cell (small number of people forming the basic unit of an organization)

Declension

Declension of ćelija
singular plural
nominative ćelija ćelije
genitive ćelije ćelija
dative ćeliji ćelijama
accusative ćeliju ćelije
vocative ćelijo ćelije
locative ćeliji ćelijama
instrumental ćelijom ćelijama

Further reading

  • “ćelija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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