свекрва

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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svekry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: све‧кр‧ва

Noun

свекрва (svekrvaf (plural свекрви, masculine свекор, relational adjective свекрвин, diminutive свекрвичка or свекрвче or свекрвиче, augmentative свекрвиште)

  1. mother-in-law (husband's mother)
  2. (colloquial) nagger, faultfinder

Declension

Declension of свекрва
singular plural
indefinite свекрва (svekrva) свекрви (svekrvi)
definite unspecified свекрвата (svekrvata) свекрвите (svekrvite)
definite proximal свекрвава (svekrvava) свекрвиве (svekrvive)
definite distal свекрвана (svekrvana) свекрвине (svekrvine)
vocative свекрво (svekrvo) свекрви (svekrvi)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svekry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋêkrʋa/
  • Hyphenation: све‧кр‧ва

Noun

све̏крва f (Latin spelling svȅkrva)

  1. mother-in-law (husband's mother)

Declension

References

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