kvrga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Uncertain. First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʋr̂ɡa/
  • Hyphenation: kvr‧ga

Noun

kvȑga f (Cyrillic spelling квр̏га)

  1. bump (on body, especially head)
  2. knob, knot, excrescence (on a tree)

Declension

Declension of kvrga
singular plural
nominative kvȑga kvrge
genitive kvrge kvȓgā
dative kvrzi / kvrgi kvrgama
accusative kvrgu kvrge
vocative kvrgo kvrge
locative kvrzi / kvrgi kvrgama
instrumental kvrgom kvrgama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016), “kvrga”, 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 532
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