čavao
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Italian chiavello, from Latin clavis. First attested in the 16th century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]čȁvao m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏вао)
- (Croatia) nail (metal fastener)
- Zakucao je dva-tri čavla da jače drži ― He nailed two or three nails so that it would hold more firmly.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | čȁvao | čavli |
| genitive | čȃvla | čavālā |
| dative | čavlu | čavlima |
| accusative | čavao | čavle |
| vocative | čavle | čavli |
| locative | čavlu | čavlima |
| instrumental | čavlom | čavlima |
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:čavao.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “čavao”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 123