kuga
кугаkȕga · /kûɡa/ · fem.
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(infectious disease) plagueU srednjem veku kuga je pobila pola Evrope. — In the Middle Ages the plague killed half of Europe.Kuga se danas leči antibioticima. — Today the plague is treated with antibiotics.
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(figuratively, of social ills) scourge; plagueKorupcija je prava kuga ovog društva. — Corruption is the real scourge of this society.
The word often appears in names of animal diseases: svinjska kuga "swine fever", stočna kuga "rinderpest". The adjective is kužni.
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bežati kao od kuge — to avoid like the plagueOd matematike beži kao od kuge. — He avoids maths like the plague.
Declension, fem.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | kuga | kuge |
| Gen. | kuge | kuga |
| Dat. | kugi | kugama |
| Acc. | kugu | kuge |
| Voc. | kugo | kuge |
| Ins. | kugom | kugama |
| Loc. | kugi | kugama |
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Updated 1 October 2026