mrcina

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mrь(tь)cìna. First attested in the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mř̩t͡sina/
  • Hyphenation: mr‧ci‧na

Noun

mr̀cina m (Cyrillic spelling мр̀цина)

  1. the body of a dead animal
  2. (derogatory) a bum, a worthless, lazy person, a person inclined towards dishonourable actions

Declension

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “mr̀cina”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 637

Further reading

  • mrcina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025