mrkva
мркваmȑkva · /mr̩̂kʋa/ · fem.
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Croat. carrotNarendaj jednu mrkvu za salatu. — Grate a carrot for the salad.Deca ne vole kuvanu mrkvu. — Kids don't like boiled carrots.
In Serbia the usual word is šargarepa; mrkva is also used in Serbian, mainly regionally (in Vojvodina), and is the usual word in Croatian and Bosnian. The usual idiom in Serbia is štap i šargarepa; in Croatia štap i mrkva.
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štap i šargarepa — carrot and stickVlada opet koristi politiku štapa i šargarepe. — The government is using a carrot-and-stick policy again.
Declension, fem.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | mrkva | mrkve |
| Gen. | mrkve | mrkava |
| Dat. | mrkvi | mrkvama |
| Acc. | mrkvu | mrkve |
| Voc. | mrkvo | mrkve |
| Ins. | mrkvom | mrkvama |
| Loc. | mrkvi | mrkvama |
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Updated 24 October 2026