Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic скврънавъ (skvrŭnavŭ, “polluted, unclean, impure”), from сквръна (skvrŭna, “dirt, filth”) + -авъ (-avŭ), from Proto-Slavic *skvьrna.
scârnav m or n (feminine singular scârnavă, masculine plural scârnavi, feminine and neuter plural scârnave)
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | scârnav | scârnavă | scârnavi | scârnave | |||
| definite | scârnavul | scârnava | scârnavii | scârnavele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | scârnav | scârnave | scârnavi | scârnave | |||
| definite | scârnavului | scârnavei | scârnavilor | scârnavelor | ||||