Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krivъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kréiwas. Cognate with Bulgarian крив (kriv), Slovene kriv, Russian криво́й (krivój), Slovak krivý; as well as with Latin curvus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

krȋv (definite krȋvī, comparative krȉvljī, Cyrillic spelling кри̑в)

  1. guilty, culpable
  2. wrong, incorrect, false
    Synonym: pogrešan
    na krivom putuon the wrong path
  3. skew, slanting, crooked, bent, twisted, curved

Declension edit

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Further reading edit

  • kriv” in Hrvatski jezični portal