čak

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See also: cak and čăk

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چاق (çak).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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čȁk (Cyrillic spelling ча̏к)

  1. even (used to emphasize something surprising or extreme)
    Čak i moja baba zna da to nije istina!Even my grandmother knows that that is not true!
  2. even (emphasizing a comparative)
    Bilo je teško, a sad je čak i teže.It was difficult, and now it is even more difficult.

Synonyms

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Veps

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Finnic *sakëda

Noun

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čak

  1. blood

References

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  • Nirvi, R. E. (1950) “Eräistä likaa ja rikkaa merkitsevien sanojen käyttötavoista”, in Virittäjä[1] (in Finnish), pages 400-403