picajzla

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Filzlaus. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “This is what Hrvatski jezični portal says, but how did the phonological evolution happen? It seems unlikely without intermediaries.”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pit͡sǎjzla/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧caj‧zla

Noun

picàjzla f (Cyrillic spelling пица̀јзла)

  1. (zoology) crab louse
  2. a pedant, bore
    ne budi takva picajzla! ― don't be such a bore!

Declension

Declension of picajzla
singular plural
nominative picajzla picajzle
genitive picajzle picajzla / picajzli
dative picajzli picajzlama
accusative picajzlu picajzle
vocative picajzlo picajzle
locative picajzli picajzlama
instrumental picajzlom picajzlama
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