kvargl
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Quargel, with the Central German development tw- → qu- (see quer) from late Middle High German twarc, from a West Slavic language (compare Polish twaróg), from Proto-Slavic *tvarogъ. Compare Czech tvarůžek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʋǎrɡl/
Noun
kvàrgl m inan (Cyrillic spelling ква̀ргл)
- quark, Olomouc cheese
- 1923, Miroslav Krleža, Messrs. Glembay:
- Svi mi vrvimo u životu kao crvi u kvarglu.
- We all swarm about in life like worms in cheese.
- (sports, regional, obsolete) a kick given to a ball (typically a soccer ball) in order to make it curve during its trajectory
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kvargl | kvarglovi |
| genitive | kvargla | kvarglova |
| dative | kvarglu | kvarglovima |
| accusative | kvargl | kvarglove |
| vocative | kvarglu | kvarglovi |
| locative | kvarglu | kvarglovima |
| instrumental | kvarglom | kvarglovima |
Further reading
- “kvargl”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025