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čavao

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Italian chiavello, from Latin clavis. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Noun

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čȁvao m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏вао)

  1. (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

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Declension of čavao
singular plural
nominative čȁvao čavli
genitive čȃvla čavala
dative čavlu čavlima
accusative čavao čavle
vocative čavle čavli
locative čavlu čavlima
instrumental čavlom čavlima

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ 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
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