čavka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čavъka. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃâːʋka/
  • Hyphenation: čav‧ka

Noun

čȃvka f (Cyrillic spelling ча̑вка)

  1. jackdaw

Declension

Declension of čavka
singular plural
nominative čȃvka čavke
genitive čavke čȃvkā/čȃvkī
dative čȃvci/čȃvki čavkama
accusative čavku čavke
vocative čavko čavke
locative čȃvci/čȃvki čavkama
instrumental čavkom čavkama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016), “čavka”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I: A – Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 123

Further reading

  • “čavka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
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