scârnav

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic скврънавъ (skvrŭnavŭ, “polluted, unclean, impure”), from сквръна (skvrŭna, “dirt, filth”) +‎ -авъ (-avŭ), from Proto-Slavic *skvьrna.

Adjective

scârnav m or n (feminine singular scârnavă, masculine plural scârnavi, feminine and neuter plural scârnave)

1. (colloquial) filthy
2. (figurative) vile, obscene

Declension

Declension of scârnav

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	scârnav		scârnavă	scârnavi	scârnave
	definite	scârnavul		scârnava	scârnavii	scârnavele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	scârnav		scârnave	scârnavi	scârnave
	definite	scârnavului		scârnavei	scârnavilor	scârnavelor