mrcina
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *mrь(tь)cìna. First attested in the 15th century.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmr̀cina m (Cyrillic spelling мр̀цина)
- the body of a dead animal
- (derogatory) a bum, a worthless, lazy person, a person inclined towards dishonourable actions
Declension
edit Declension of mrcina
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “mr̀cina”, 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 637
Further reading
edit- “mrcina” in Hrvatski jezični portal