švarc

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German schwarz; through association with Schwarzarbeit (“illicit/undocumented work”) and once held stigma that those who needed to work illegally on the side (i.e. moonlight) were in arrears.

Adjective

švȁrc (Cyrillic spelling шва̏рц)

  1. broke (lacking money at the moment or poor in general)
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