svekar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svekrъ (Russian свёкор (svjókor), Czech svekr), Lithuanian šešuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (Latin socer, Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós), Albanian vjehërr, Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), Armenian սկեսուր (skesur), Old English sweor).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sʋěkar/
Hyphenation: sve‧kar

Noun

svèkar m (Cyrillic spelling свѐкар)

father-in-law (one's husband's father)

Declension

Declension of svekar

	singular	plural
nominative	svekar	svekrovi
genitive	svekra	svekrova
dative	svekru	svekrovima
accusative	svekra	svekrove
vocative	svekre	svekrovi
locative	svekru	svekrovima
instrumental	svekrom	svekrovima

Related terms

(feminine) svekrva
tast (wife's father)

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