bezdan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bezdъna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bězdan/

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• Hyphenation: bez‧dan

Noun

bèzdan m inan (Cyrillic spelling бѐздан)

1. abyss

   Zla je zver došla iz bezdana. ― The evil beast came from the abyss.

   • 1986, Đorđe Balašević, “Bezdan”, in Đorđe Balašević (lyrics), Bezdan‎, performed by Đorđe Balašević, Novi Sad: Jugoton:

     Ispod gradova od peska
     Dubok bezdan bez dna

     Beneath the cities of sand
     A deep abyss without a bottom

2. gulf
3. precipice

Declension

Declension of bezdan

	singular	plural
nominative	bèzdan	bezdani
genitive	bezdana	bȅzdānā
dative	bezdanu	bezdanima
accusative	bezdan	bezdane
vocative	bezdane	bezdani
locative	bezdanu	bezdanima
instrumental	bezdanom	bezdanima

Synonyms

• ponor

Further reading

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