scârnav

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic скврънавъ (skvrŭnavŭ, “polluted, unclean, impure”), from сквръна (skvrŭna, “dirt, filth”) +‎ -авъ (-avŭ), from Proto-Slavic *skvьrna.

Adjective

scârnav m or n (feminine singular scârnavă, masculine plural scârnavi, feminine and neuter plural scârnave)

1. (colloquial) filthy
2. (figurative) vile, obscene

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	scârnav		scârnavă		scârnavi	scârnave
	definite	scârnavul		scârnava		scârnavii	scârnavele
genitive- dative	indefinite	scârnav		scârnave		scârnavi	scârnave
	definite	scârnavului		scârnavei		scârnavilor	scârnavelor