čak

See also: cak and čăk

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چاق (çak).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃâk/

Adverb

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

Veps

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finnic *sakëda

Noun

čak

  1. blood

References
  • Nirvi, R. E. (1950) “Eräistä likaa ja rikkaa merkitsevien sanojen käyttötavoista”, in Virittäjä‎ (in Finnish), pages 400-403
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.