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kotac

котац

kòtac · /kǒtat͡s/ · masc.

Not to be confused with kotač — wheel

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NOUN
  1. pigsty; pigpen
    Deda je očistio kotac iza kuće. — Grandpa cleaned out the pigsty behind the house.
  2. colloq. dated (of a filthy room) pigsty; dump
    Tvoja soba je pravi kotac! — Your room is a real pigsty!

A rare, mostly rural word. In the literal sense Serbians usually say svinjac; in the figurative sense ('filthy place') kotac is hardly used today — use svinjac instead (pravi svinjac).

Synonyms:
Declension, masc.
singularplural
Nom.kotackotci
Gen.kotcakotaca
Dat.kotcukotcima
Acc.kotackotce
Voc.kotčekotci
Ins.kotcemkotcima
Loc.kotcukotcima
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