havarija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Havarie or Italian avaria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xǎʋaːrija/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧va‧ri‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

hàvārija f (Cyrillic spelling ха̀ва̄рија)

  1. accident, crash, wreck (especially shipwreck, emergency, average (i.e. situation caused by damage, breakdown or failure)
  2. damage, breakdown, fault, failure, crash
  3. (figuratively) misfortune

Declension

Declension of havarija
singular plural
nominative havarija havarije
genitive havarije havarija
dative havariji havarijama
accusative havariju havarije
vocative havarijo havarije
locative havariji havarijama
instrumental havarijom havarijama