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тежак

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See also: тѧжькъ

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęžьkъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /těːʒak/
  • Hyphenation: те‧жак

Adjective

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те́жак (Latin spelling téžak, definite те̑шкӣ, comparative те̏жӣ)

  1. heavy, weighty
    Antonym: ла̏ган
  2. difficult (of a job)
    Antonym: ла̏ган
  3. unpleasant (of air)
  4. complex, difficult to understand (of a topic or subject)
Declension
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Further reading

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  • тежак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

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Derived by nominalization from the first etymology, originally denoting a person doing difficult tasks.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /těʒaːk/
  • Hyphenation: те‧жак

Noun

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тѐжа̄к m (Latin spelling tèžāk)

  1. farmer, agriculturalist
  2. day laborer
Declension
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Further reading

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  • тежак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024