kovčeg

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaɣurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kǒʋt͡ʃeɡ/
  • Hyphenation: kov‧čeg

Noun

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kòvčeg m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀вчег)

  1. case
  2. suitcase

Declension

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Declension of kovčeg
singular plural
nominative kòvčeg kòvčezi
genitive kovčega kȍvčēgā
dative kovčegu kovčezima
accusative kovčeg kovčege
vocative kovčeže / kovčegu kovčezi
locative kovčegu kovčezima
instrumental kovčegom kovčezima

Further reading

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  • “kovčeg”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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