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Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svekry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: све‧кр‧ва
Noun
свекрва • (svekrva) f (plural свекрви, masculine свекор, relational adjective свекрвин, diminutive свекрвичка or свекрвче or свекрвиче, augmentative свекрвиште)
- mother-in-law (husband's mother)
- (colloquial) nagger, faultfinder
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svekry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʋêkrʋa/
- Hyphenation: све‧кр‧ва
Noun
све̏крва f (Latin spelling svȅkrva)
- mother-in-law (husband's mother)
Declension
References
- “свекрва”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024