običaj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obyčajь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôbit͡ʃaːj/
• Hyphenation: o‧bi‧čaj

Noun

ȍbičāj m inan (Cyrillic spelling о̏бича̄ј)

1. habit, tendency
2. custom
3. convention, formality, practice

Declension

Declension of običaj

	singular	plural
nominative	ȍbičāj	ȍbičāji
genitive	ȍbičāja	običájā
dative	ȍbičāju	običájima
accusative	ȍbičāj	ȍbičāje
vocative	ȍbičāju	ȍbičāji
locative	običáju	običájima
instrumental	ȍbičājem	običájima

Derived terms

• òbičan
• običávati
• òbično

Further reading

• “običaj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026