C1 — advancedgrammar35 words
Polysemy & metaphor
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gláva | a head; a chapter; a bulb of garlic; the head of a body |
| ȍko | an eye (neuter, plural oči is feminine); also the preposition oko + genitive, around |
| jèzik | a tongue and a language; also a programming language |
| lȋst | a leaf, a sheet; a newspaper; the calf of the leg |
| kljȗč | a key; a spanner; the key to something |
| mȉš | a mouse (the animal and the computer one) |
| rúka | a hand or arm; a side (s desne ruke, on the right) |
| nòga | a leg (of a person and of furniture) |
| sȑce | a heart (the organ and the feeling); also the very centre |
| vrȃt | a neck (of a body, a bottle, an instrument) |
| zȗb | a tooth; a cog or serration |
| krílo | a wing (of a bird, a building, a party); also the lap |
| kȍrēn | a root (of a plant, a word, a tooth; and in mathematics) |
| pȕt | a road, a way; also a time (prvi put, the first time) |
| rȇd | a queue; a row; order (u redu — all right); a line of text is redak |
| slȉka | a painting; a photograph; an image or picture of something |
| mrȅža | a net or network of any kind |
| tȁlās | a wave (of water, sound, light; and of events) |
| tèmelj | a foundation (of a building; and figuratively, of anything) |
| mȏst | a bridge (a structure, a link between things, and dental) |
| vȑh | a summit or top; a tip; the leadership of an organisation |
| dnȍ | the bottom (of a river, a vessel; also figuratively rock bottom) |
| líce | a face; the right side of a fabric; a person in grammar and in law |
| glȃs | a voice; a speech sound; a rumour; a vote |
| bràva | a door lock (a padlock is katanac, a castle is dvorac) |
| ȍštar | sharp (a knife, an angle); harsh (criticism, a turn); strict (of a person) |
| tvȓd | hard (material); firm, unyielding (of a person or a stance) |
| tȍpao | warm (in temperature; and of a welcome or a person) |
| hládan | cold (in temperature; and of a manner or an answer) |
| górak | bitter (in taste; and of an experience) |
| slȁdak | sweet (in taste; and of a person) |
| téžak | heavy; difficult; severe |
| lȁk | light in weight; easy; also the noun lak, varnish |
| jȃk | strong (a person, wind); of coffee, strong; of light, intense |
| stȏ | a table; also the numeral hundred |
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