kukavan

wretched (literary; a coward is kukavica, which also means a cuckoo)

жалкий, злосчастный (книжн.; трус — kukavica, что также значит «кукушка»)

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• čȅdoa child (poetic; neuter; the ordinary word is dete)
• zbȏran assembly (archaic; also a choir)
• vȁskolikentire, whole (elevated; the ordinary words are čitav, sav)
• nebèsathe heavens (plural only, literary; the ordinary sky is nebo)
• vȉtēza knight
• drȇvnīancient (literary)
• bèsmrtanimmortal (from smrt, death)
• sudbìnafate, destiny
• junáštvoheroism, valour (neuter; from junak)
• čȃsthonour (feminine); also a treat one stands someone

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