кваргл

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Quargel, with the Central German development tw- → qu- (see quer) from late Middle High German twarc, from a West Slavic language (compare Polish twaróg), from Proto-Slavic *tvarogъ. Compare Czech tvarůžek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋǎrɡl/

Noun

ква̀ргл m (Latin spelling kvàrgl)

1. quark, Olomouc cheese
   • 1923, Miroslav Krleža, Messrs. Glembay:

     Сви ми врвимо у животу као црви у кварглу.

     We all swarm about in life like worms in cheese.

2. (sports, regional, obsolete) a kick given to a ball (typically a soccer ball) in order to make it curve during its trajectory

Declension

Declension of кваргл

	singular	plural
nominative	кваргл	кварглови
genitive	кваргла	кварглова
dative	кварглу	кваргловима
accusative	кваргл	кварглове
vocative	кварглу	кварглови
locative	кваргл	кваргловима
instrumental	ква̀рглом	кваргловима

Further reading

• “кваргл”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025