Frazemi u Gospinim plačevima na starohrvatskome jeziku

Abstract

This paper studies and analyzes the well-established collocations with desemantization in medieval Croatian versions of Planctus Mariae written in the Old Croatian language. Such collocations are defined as phraseological collocations or idioms in a narrow sense, and are compared to contemporary idioms with identical meaning and similar form. Along with a list of idioms in the narrow sense there are also some examples of idioms in a broad sense. These same idioms can also be found in the opus of writers of older Croatian literature, especially that of Marko Marulić. It can be concluded that medieval linguistic expressions are present in idiom usage in the work of our earliest authors.

Keywords

• medieval Croatian version of Planctus Mariae
• old Croatian language
• older Croatian literature
• phraseology
• idioms in a narrow sense
• idioms in a broader sense