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crevo

црево

crévo · /t͡srěːʋo/ · neut.

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NOUN
  1. intestine; bowel; gut
    Lekar kaže da ima upalu creva. — The doctor says he has an inflamed bowel.
    Od gladi mi krče creva. — My stomach is rumbling with hunger.
  2. (for water, gas) hose
    Zalij baštu crevom, brže je. — Water the garden with the hose, it's faster.
    Crevo za veš-mašinu je puklo. — The washing machine hose burst.

In the sense of 'bowels' it is often used in the plural: creva. Anatomically slepo crevo is the caecum and the appendix is crvuljak, but in everyday speech (operacija slepog creva) slepo crevo usually means the appendix.

Expressions
  • slepo crevo — caecum; in everyday speech also the appendix
    Prošle godine su mu izvadili slepo crevo. — He had his appendix taken out last year.
  • krče mi creva — my stomach is rumbling
    Hajdemo da jedemo, krče mi creva. — Let's go eat, my stomach is rumbling.
Declension, neut.
singularplural
Nom.crevocreva
Gen.crevacreva
Dat.crevucrevama
Acc.crevocreva
Voc.crevocreva
Ins.crevomcrevama
Loc.crevucrevama
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