čavao

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian chiavello, from Latin clavis.

Noun

čȁvao m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏вао)

(Croatia) nail (metal fastener)
Zakucao je dva-tri čavla da jače drži ― He nailed two or three nails so that it would hold longer.

Declension

Declension of čavao

	singular	plural
nominative	čȁvao	čavli
genitive	čȃvla	čavala
dative	čavlu	čavlima
accusative	čavao	čavle
vocative	čavle	čavli
locative	čavlu	čavlima
instrumental	čavlom	čavlima

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:čavao.

Synonyms

(Bosnian, Serbian): èkser
(Chakavian, Montenegrin): brokva

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