escajg

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 28 January 2019

Etymology

Borrowed from Austrian German Esszeug.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /êst͡sajɡ/

Noun

ȅscajg or ȅscājg m inan (Cyrillic spelling е̏сцајг or е̏сца̄јг)

  1. silverware, cutlery, set of instruments used to take in food
    Synonym: bèštek
    • 2018 October 24, Aleksandar Mijailović, “EU eliminiše “jednokratnu” plastiku”, in BIZLife‎[1], archived from the original on 25 October 2018:
      Proizvodi od plastike za jednokratnu upotrebu, poput tanjira, escajga, slamki ili štapića za uši, biće zabranjeni u Evropskoj uniji, sudeći prema planovima koje su velikom većinom usvojili evroposlanici.
      Products of plastic for single use, such as dishes, cutleries, straws, or ear scoops, will be banned in the European Union, judging by plans which the Eurodeputies have espoused by vaste majority.

Declension

Declension of escajg
singular plural
nominative escajg escajgi / escajzi
genitive escajga escajga
dative escajgu escajgima / escajzima
accusative escajg escajge
vocative escajže escajgi / escajzi
locative escajgu escajgima / escajzima
instrumental escajgom escajgima / escajzima

References

  • “escajg”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “escajg”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 2, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1967, published 1990, page 861
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