Serbian words starting with J
- jȃI
- jȃ sam pȑvīI go first (fem. ja sam prva)
- jȁbukaapple
- jȁgnjelamb
- jȁgodaa strawberry (not a berry in general — that is bobica)
- jájeegg
- jȃkstrong (a person, wind); of coffee, strong; of light, intense
- jȁk kȁo bȉkvery strong (same image: strong as a bull)
- jàknajacket
- jȁnuārJanuary
- jȁoouch!; oh no! (pain, alarm, sympathy; clause-initial: Jao, izvini!)
- jàsanclear, understandable
- jȁslicenursery
- jasnòćaclarity (from jasan; feminine)
- jàstučnicapillowcase
- jàstukpillow; cushion
- jȁtthe Proto-Slavic vowel yat, the source of the e / (i)je / i split
- jáviti seto answer; get in touch
- jȃvnī bèležnīknotary public (colloquially notar) — certifies signatures, copies and…
- jȃvno mnjȇnjepublic opinion (mnjenje occurs almost only in this phrase)
- jávnōstthe public
- jȁzavacbadger
- jȅ liis it; right?
- jèdanone
- jedànaēsteleven
- jedìnicaunit (of measurement)
- jedinjénjea chemical compound (not a union); a mixture is smeša
- jèdinstvenī òbrazacthe unified application form used for foreigners' cases
- jedínstvounity (neuter; the adjective jedinstven also means unique)
- Jèdna lȁsta ne čìnī pròlećeone swallow does not make a spring
- jednákōstequality (feminine in Serbian)
- jȅdnokrevetnā sȍbasingle room
- jednostávnōstsimplicity (from jednostavan)
- jȅdvabarely, hardly
- jȅdva sàstavljati krȃj s krȁjemto barely make ends meet
- jȅftincheap (opp. skup)
- jȅftinocheap; cheaply
- jȅl'right?; is it? (colloquial contraction of je li)
- jélafir
- jèlendeer
- jélkaChristmas tree
- jȅlodish
- jelòvnīkmenu
- jémacguarantor (on a loan)
- jȅrbecause
- jȅsēnautumn
- jȅtakcaustic, cutting (of a remark)
- jȅtraliver (feminine singular)
- jètrvahusband's brother's wife
- jȇžhedgehog
- jȅzerolake
- jézgroa nucleus, a core (neuter)
- jèzičkā mànjinalinguistic minority
- jèzika tongue and a language; also a programming language
- JMBGJMBG: jedinstveni matični broj građana — the unique personal number…
- jògurtyogurt
- jȍknope; no way (blunt colloquial 'no', used as a standalone reply…
- jòrganduvet; quilt
- jȍšmore; still
- jùčēyesterday
- jȕgsouth
- jugoìstoksoutheast
- julìjānskī kalèndārJulian calendar (by it Božić falls on 7 January)
- jùnākhero; protagonist
- junáštvoheroism, valour (neuter; from junak)
- júritito race, to rush; also to chase someone
- jȕtromorning
- jȕžnīsouthern
- jùžnjāčkīsouthern, of southern Serbian speech (južnjak — a southerner)