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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svekrъ (Russian свёкор (svjókor), Czech svekr), Lithuanian šešuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (Latin socer, Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós), Albanian vjehërr, Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), Armenian սկեսուր (skesur), Old English sweor).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʋěkar/
- Hyphenation: sve‧kar
Noun
svèkar m (Cyrillic spelling свѐкар)
- father-in-law (one's husband's father)
Declension