ćorav

ћорав

ćȍrav · /t͡ɕôraʋ/

ADJECTIVE

colloq. one-eyed; blind in one eye

Komšijin mačak je ćorav na levo oko. — The neighbour's cat is blind in its left eye.
colloq. half-blind; blind

Jesi li ćorav, ne vidiš da je crveno? — Are you blind? Can't you see it's red?

Bez naočara sam potpuno ćorav. — I'm practically blind without my glasses.

It sounds rather blunt; the neutral words are slep or slabovid.

Synonyms:

slep jednook

Expressions

u zemlji slepih ćorav je car — in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

Zna samo malo engleski, ali u zemlji slepih ćorav je car. — He knows only a little English, but in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
ćorava posla — a waste of effort; a lost cause

Ubeđivati ga je ćorava posla. — Trying to persuade him is a lost cause.

Declension by gender, singular

Declension by gender, plural

Comparison: ćoraviji, ćoravija, ćoravije · najćoraviji

AI Updated 6 October 2026