kovčeg
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaɣurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kòvčeg m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀вчег, augmentative kovčežina)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kòvčeg | kòvčezi |
| genitive | kovčega | kȍvčēgā |
| dative | kovčegu | kovčezima |
| accusative | kovčeg | kovčege |
| vocative | kovčeže / kovčegu | kovčezi |
| locative | kovčegu | kovčezima |
| instrumental | kovčegom | kovčezima |
Further reading
[edit]- “kovčeg”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025