šurjak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šurь.

Pronunciation

• (šȕrjāk): IPA^(key): /ʃûrjaːk/
• (šùrjāk) IPA^(key): /ʃǔrjaːk/
• Hyphenation: šur‧jak
• Rhymes: -jaːk

Noun

šȕrjāk m (Cyrillic spelling шу̏рја̄к) or šùrjāk m (Cyrillic spelling шу̀рја̄к)

1. brother-in-law (brother of one's wife)

Declension

Declension of šurjak

	singular	plural
nominative	šȕrjāk	šȕrjāci
genitive	šurjaka	šurjaka
dative	šurjaku	šurjacima
accusative	šurjaka	šurjake
vocative	šȕrjāče	šurjaci
locative	šurjaku	šurjacima
instrumental	šurjakom	šurjacima

or

Declension of šurjak

	singular	plural
nominative	šùrjāk	šurjáci
genitive	šurjáka	šurjaka
dative	šurjaku	šurjacima
accusative	šurjaka	šurjake
vocative	šurjače	šurjaci
locative	šurjaku	šurjacima
instrumental	šurjakom	šurjacima

Synonyms

• (wife's brother): šùrāk, šȗra, šuro

Further reading

• “šurjak” in Hrvatski jezični portal