običaj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obyčajь.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ȍbičāj m (Cyrillic spelling о̏бича̄ј)

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

Declension

Declension of običaj

	singular	plural
nominative	običaj	običaji
genitive	običaja	običaja
dative	običaju	običajima
accusative	običaj	običaje
vocative	običaju	običaji
locative	običaju	običajima
instrumental	običajem	običajima

Derived terms

• òbičan
• običávati
• òbično

Further reading

• “običaj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025