čavao

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Derived from Italian chiavello, from Latin clavis. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃâʋao/

Noun

čȁvao m inan (Cyrillic spelling ча̏вао)

  1. (Croatia) nail (metal fastener)
    Zakucao je dva-tri čavla da jače drži ― He nailed two or three nails so that it would hold more firmly.

Declension

Declension of čavao
singular plural
nominative čȁvao čavli
genitive čȃvla čavālā
dative čavlu čavlima
accusative čavao čavle
vocative čavle čavli
locative čavlu čavlima
instrumental čavlom čavlima

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:čavao.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “čavao”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 123
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