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Alabasterni ili Alabastreni? Još jedna nedosljednost u leksičkome i gramatičkome normiranju
Alabasterni or Alabastreni?

Author(s): Lana Hudeček
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: Croatian language; Linguistics; Philology;

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses which adjective, whether alabasterni or alabastreni is correct in Standard Croatian. In order to answer this question, she analyses whether the correct noun is alabaster or alabastar and comes to the conclusion that it is alabastar with the genitive form alabastra. According to the root alabastr- it follows that the descriptive adjective is alabastren, while the relative adjective is alabastreni.

  • Issue Year: 51/2004
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 31-36
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Croatian