kračun
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Probably from Proto-Slavic *korčunъ.[1] Only South Slavic; compare dialectal Bulgarian крачун (kračun). Akin to krak.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kràčūn m (Cyrillic spelling кра̀чӯн)
- latch (fastening for a door)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kràčūn | kračuni |
| genitive | kračúna | kračuna |
| dative | kračunu | kračunima |
| accusative | kračun | kračune |
| vocative | kračune | kračuni |
| locative | kračunu | kračunima |
| instrumental | kračunom | kračunima |
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “kràčūn”, 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 492
Further reading
[edit]- “kračun”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025