кваргл
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Quargel, with the Central German development tw- → qu- (see quer) from late Middle High German twarc, from a West Slavic language (compare Polish twaróg), from Proto-Slavic *tvarogъ. Compare Czech tvarůžek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʋǎrɡl/
Noun
ква̀ргл m inan (Latin spelling kvàrgl)
- quark, Olomouc cheese
- 1923, Miroslav Krleža, Messrs. Glembay:
- Сви ми врвимо у животу као црви у кварглу.
- We all swarm about in life like worms in cheese.
- (sports, regional, obsolete) a kick given to a ball (typically a soccer ball) in order to make it curve during its trajectory
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | кваргл | кварглови |
| genitive | кваргла | кварглова |
| dative | кварглу | кваргловима |
| accusative | кваргл | кварглове |
| vocative | кварглу | кварглови |
| locative | кваргл | кваргловима |
| instrumental | ква̀рглом | кваргловима |
Further reading
- “кваргл”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025