kovčeg

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongolian ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaγurčaγ) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (huurtsag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒʋt͡ʃeɡ/
• Hyphenation: kov‧čeg

Noun

kòvčeg m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀вчег)

1. case
2. suitcase

Declension

Declension of kovčeg

	singular	plural
nominative	kòvčeg	kòvčezi
genitive	kovčega	kȍvčēgā
dative	kovčegu	kovčezima
accusative	kovčeg	kovčege
vocative	kovčeže / kovčegu	kovčezi
locative	kovčegu	kovčezima
instrumental	kovčegom	kovčezima