kotac

See also: kotač

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotьcь.[1] First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒtat͡s/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧tac

Noun

kòtac m inan (Cyrillic spelling ко̀тац)

  1. pigsty
    Synonym: svínjac
  2. dirty, filthy place

Declension

Declension of kotac
singular plural
nominative kòtac kótci / kóci
genitive kótca / kóca kȍtācā
dative kotcu / kocu kotcima / kocima
accusative kòtac kotce / koce
vocative kotče / koče kótci / kóci
locative kotcu / kocu kotcima / kocima
instrumental kotcem / kocem kotcima / kocima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “kotac”, 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 488

Further reading

  • “kotac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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