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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kakovъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kǎkaːʋ/
- Hyphenation: ka‧kav
Adjective
kàkāv (Cyrillic spelling ка̀ка̄в, definite kàkvī)
- (interrogative) what kind of
- Kakvi ti se filmovi sviđaju? ― What kind of movies do you like?
- (interrogative) any (kind of)
- Ima li kakvih novosti? ― Are there any news?
- (comparison, used with onakav) the kind, the type, the one like
- Htio bih kupiti auto kakav ima moj brat. ― I would like to buy the type of car my brother has.
- (intensifier) what (a)
- Kakav muškarac! ― What a man!
- idiomatic and figurative meanings
- Kakav otac takav sin. ― Like father like son.
- Kakav sam takav sam. ― I am who I am.
Declension
indefinite forms
| singular
|
masculine
|
feminine
|
neuter
|
| nominative
|
kakav
|
kakva
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kakvo
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| genitive
|
kakva
|
kakve
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kakva
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| dative
|
kakvu
|
kakvoj
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kakvu
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| accusative
|
inanimate
animate
|
kakav
kakva
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kakvu
|
kakvo
|
| vocative
|
kakav
|
kakva
|
kakvo
|
| locative
|
kakvu
|
kakvoj
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kakvu
|
| instrumental
|
kakvim
|
kakvom
|
kakvim
|
| plural
|
masculine
|
feminine
|
neuter
|
| nominative
|
kakvi
|
kakve
|
kakva
|
| genitive
|
kakvih
|
kakvih
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kakvih
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| dative
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
| accusative
|
kakve
|
kakve
|
kakva
|
| vocative
|
kakvi
|
kakve
|
kakva
|
| locative
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
| instrumental
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
definite forms
| singular
|
masculine
|
feminine
|
neuter
|
| nominative
|
kakvi
|
kakva
|
kakvo
|
| genitive
|
kakvog(a)
|
kakve
|
kakvog(a)
|
| dative
|
kakvom(u/e)
|
kakvoj
|
kakvom(u/e)
|
| accusative
|
inanimate
animate
|
kakvi
kakvog(a)
|
kakvu
|
kakvo
|
| vocative
|
kakvi
|
kakva
|
kakvo
|
| locative
|
kakvom(e/u)
|
kakvoj
|
kakvom(e/u)
|
| instrumental
|
kakvim
|
kakvom
|
kakvim
|
| plural
|
masculine
|
feminine
|
neuter
|
| nominative
|
kakvi
|
kakve
|
kakva
|
| genitive
|
kakvih
|
kakvih
|
kakvih
|
| dative
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
| accusative
|
kakve
|
kakve
|
kakva
|
| vocative
|
kakvi
|
kakve
|
kakva
|
| locative
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
| instrumental
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
kakvim(a)
|
References
- “kakav”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024