Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *padežь.

The sense of “grammatical case” is a calque of Latin casus, which is also derived from the verb for falling, cadō. Compare Bulgarian паде́ж (padéž), Russian паде́ж (padéž).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pádež m (Cyrillic spelling па́деж)

  1. (grammar) case
  2. waterfall

Declension edit