Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15291/csi.4006
Morphological Forms of Karst in the Toponymy of the Dubrava Settlement in Poljica near Omiš
Katarina Lozić Knezović
; University of Split, Split, Croatia
Božena Juginović
orcid.org/0000-0003-3787-5444
; University of Split, Split, Croatia
Abstract
The paper discusses the morphological forms of karst in the toponymy of the Dubrava settlement in Poljica, in the hinterland of Omiš. The collected toponyms were compared with the available maps and toponymically processed with regard to the motivation of their creation. A total of 78 toponyms were collected and analysed. The discussed toponyms are related to the shape of the soil (e.g. Brdo, Kuk, Ober), motivated by metaphorisation (e.g. Daske, Sedlo, Ždrilo), related to the shape and surface properties of the soil (e.g. Crveni klanac, Duga bađina, Lipe rudine), the composition of the soil (e.g. Bilaje, Ljut, Sedra), its position and relation to other toponyms (e.g. Dočići, Jezerine, Mali rat), motivated by the world of plants (e.g. Dračeva rudina, Komorikov brig) and animals (e.g. Orlov kuk, Vučja kamenica), the religious life of the community (e.g. Antonska jezera, Ivanjske stine), and their anthroponymic component (e.g. Petrov dolac). The collected toponyms mostly consist of one word. In the two-word toponyms, we find morphological forms of the soil in toponymic metaphors, toponyms that indicate the shape and surface properties of the soil, those related to the composition and characteristics of the soil or water, determined by the position and relationship to other toponyms or areas, motivated by the names of plants and plant communities, animal names and zoonyms, related to existing church buildings or their properties, and anthroponyms. The analysed toponyms motivated by appellations for the geomorphological forms of the karst area of Dubrava are mostly of Slavic origin. Appellation of foreign origin that is reflected in the analysed toponyms is received through the Dalmatian language (Makirina).
Keywords
toponymy; karst lexis; lexis; etymology; Dubrava settlement
Hrčak ID:
288233
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Publication date:
23.12.2022.
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