vjeđa

• vȅđa (Ekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věďa. Compare vȋd, vȉdjeti.

• IPA^(key): /ʋjêd͡ʑa/
• Hyphenation: vje‧đa

vjȅđa f (Cyrillic spelling вје̏ђа)

1. (literary, medicine, anatomy) eyelid
2. (colloquial, anatomy) eyebrow

The more common word in non-medical/technical parlance for eyelid is kapak, but vjeđa is generally understood.

• (eyelid): kàpak
• (eyebrow): ȍbrva

• “vjeđa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024