kotac

See also: kotač

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotьcь.^[1] First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒtat͡s/
• Hyphenation: ko‧tac

Noun

kòtac m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀тац)

1. pigsty

   Synonym: svínjac

2. dirty, filthy place

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kòtac	kótci / kóci
genitive	kótca / kóca	kȍtācā
dative	kotcu / kocu	kotcima / kocima
accusative	kòtac	kotce / koce
vocative	kotče / koče	kótci / kóci
locative	kotcu / kocu	kotcima / kocima
instrumental	kotcem / kocem	kotcima / kocima

Declension of kotac

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2016) “kotac”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 488

Further reading

• “kotac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025