Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Probably from kriti. First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /krîːnka/
  • Hyphenation: krin‧ka
  • Rhymes: -ŋka

Noun

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krȋnka f (Cyrillic spelling кри̑нка)

  1. disguise
  2. mask

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “krȋnka”, 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 503

Further reading

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  • krinka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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