Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъxъkъ.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kr̂xak/
  • Hyphenation: kr‧hak

Adjective

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kȑhak (Cyrillic spelling кр̏хак, definite kȑhkī, comparative kr̀hkijī)

  1. brittle
  2. fragile

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “kȑhak”, 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 501