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deka

дека

dèka · /děka/ · fem.

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NOUN
  1. colloq. (of food weight) decagram; ten grams
    Dajte mi dvadeset deka sira, molim vas. — Two hundred grams of cheese, please.
    Kupila sam deset deka šunke. — I bought a hundred grams of ham.
  2. colloq. affect. grandpa; granddad
    Deka nas čeka na salašu. — Grandpa is waiting for us at the farm.
  3. colloq. regional blanket
    Pokrij se dekom, hladno je. — Cover yourself with the blanket, it's cold.

In colloquial speech, especially in northern Serbia, food weights are often given in deka: 10 deka = 100 g; otherwise grams are used. "Grandpa" is an affectionate colloquial word, the neutral word is deda; "blanket" is used mainly in Vojvodina, the general word is ćebe.

Synonyms:
dekagram deda ćebe pokrivač
Declension, fem.
singularplural
Nom.dekadeke
Gen.dekedeka
Dat.dekidekama
Acc.dekudeke
Voc.dekodeke
Ins.dekomdekama
Loc.dekidekama
AI Updated 28 September 2026