olovka

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From ȍlovo (“lead”) +‎ -ka, partial calque of German Bleistift.[1]

Noun

òlōvka f (Cyrillic spelling о̀ло̄вка)

  1. pencil

Declension

Declension of olovka
singular plural
nominative òlōvka òlōvke
genitive òlōvke òlovākā / òlōvkī
dative òlōvci òlōvkama
accusative òlōvku òlōvke
vocative òlōvko òlōvke
locative òlōvci òlōvkama
instrumental òlōvkom òlōvkama

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “òlōvka”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 64

Further reading

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