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. cell (small number of people)
6. cell (unit in a statistical array). 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