picajzla

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

picàjzl

Etymology

Borrowed from German Filzlaus. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? Particularly: “This is what Hrvatski jezični portal says, but how did the phonological evolution happen? It seems unlikely without intermediaries.”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pit͡sǎjzla/
Hyphenation: pi‧caj‧zla

Noun

picàjzla f (Cyrillic spelling пица̀јзла)

(zoology) crab louse
a pedant, bore
ne budi takva picajzla! ― don't be such a bore!

Declension

Declension of *picajzla*
	singular	plural
nominative	picajzla	picajzle
genitive	picajzle	picajzla / picajzli
dative	picajzli	picajzlama
accusative	picajzlu	picajzle
vocative	picajzlo	picajzle
locative	picajzli	picajzlama
instrumental	picajzlom	picajzlama

Related terms

gnjàvātor, gnjavaža, cjepìdlaka / cepìdlaka