A dialect or group of dialects of Serbo-Croatian spoken primarily in Serbia and distinguished by reflecting the Common Slavic jat (Old Cyrillic: ѣ, Glagolitic: ⱑ, Latin transcription /ě/) sound as /e/.
ekavština
eke out
verb
(transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort.
živořit
žít z ruky do úst
ekphrasis
/ˈɛkfɹəsɪs/
noun
(rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.