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manjak

мањак

mánjak · /mǎːɲak/ · masc.

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NOUN
  1. (+ gen.) lack; shortage
    Stalno sam umoran zbog manjka sna. — I'm always tired from lack of sleep.
    Bolnice imaju veliki manjak medicinskih sestara. — Hospitals have a serious shortage of nurses.
  2. (of money) deficit; shortfall
    Na kraju smene u kasi je bio manjak od dve hiljade dinara. — At the end of the shift the till was two thousand dinars short.

What is lacking goes in the genitive: manjak vremena, manjak novca.

Antonyms:
Declension, masc.
singularplural
Nom.manjakmanjci
Gen.manjakmanjaka
Dat.manjkumanjcima
Acc.manjakmanjke
Voc.manjkumanjci
Ins.manjkommanjcima
Loc.manjkumanjcima
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