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kračun

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Probably from Proto-Slavic *korčunъ.[1] Only South Slavic; compare dialectal Bulgarian крачун (kračun). Akin to krak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /krǎt͡ʃuːn/
  • Hyphenation: kra‧čun

Noun

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kràčūn m (Cyrillic spelling кра̀чӯн)

  1. latch (fastening for a door)

Declension

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Declension of kračun
singular plural
nominative kràčūn kračuni
genitive kračúna kračuna
dative kračunu kračunima
accusative kračun kračune
vocative kračune kračuni
locative kračunu kračunima
instrumental kračunom kračunima

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “kràčūn”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 492

Further reading

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  • “kračun” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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