No. 374 in Croatian

cijele

"Whole" or "entire" (feminine plural or singular in certain contexts).

In a sentence

Pročitao sam cijele novine jutros.
I read the entire newspaper this morning.
Here, "cijele" is used as an adjective modifying "novine" (newspaper), indicating the entirety of it.
Cijele noći sam razmišljao o problemu.
I thought about the problem the whole night.
In this sentence, "cijele" modifies "noći" (night), describing the completeness of the time period.
Cijele obitelji su došle na proslavu.
Entire families came to the celebration.
In this sentence, "cijele" is used as an adjective for "obitelji" (families), describing them as whole units.

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