kriv

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krivъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kréiwas. Cognate with Bulgarian крив (kriv), Slovene kriv, Russian криво́й (krivój), Slovak krivý; as well as with Latin curvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krîːʋ/

Adjective

krȋv (Cyrillic spelling кри̑в, definite krȋvī, comparative krȉvljī)

1. guilty, culpable
2. wrong, incorrect, false

   Synonym: pogrešan

   na krivom putu ― on the wrong path

3. skew, slanting, crooked, bent, twisted, curved

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		kriv	kriva	krivo
genitive		kriva	krive	kriva
dative		krivu	krivoj	krivu
accusative	inanimate animate	kriv kriva	krivu	krivo
vocative		kriv	kriva	krivo
locative		krivu	krivoj	krivu
instrumental		krivim	krivom	krivim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krivi	krive	kriva
genitive		krivih	krivih	krivih
dative		krivim(a)	krivim(a)	krivim(a)
accusative		krive	krive	kriva
vocative		krivi	krive	kriva
locative		krivim(a)	krivim(a)	krivim(a)
instrumental		krivim(a)	krivim(a)	krivim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krivi	kriva	krivo
genitive		krivog(a)	krive	krivog(a)
dative		krivom(u/e)	krivoj	krivom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	krivi krivog(a)	krivu	krivo
vocative		krivi	kriva	krivo
locative		krivom(e/u)	krivoj	krivom(e/u)
instrumental		krivim	krivom	krivim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krivi	krive	kriva
genitive		krivih	krivih	krivih
dative		krivim(a)	krivim(a)	krivim(a)
accusative		krive	krive	kriva
vocative		krivi	krive	kriva
locative		krivim(a)	krivim(a)	krivim(a)
instrumental		krivim(a)	krivim(a)	krivim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krivlji	krivlja	krivlje
genitive		krivljeg(a)	krivlje	krivljeg(a)
dative		krivljem(u)	krivljoj	krivljem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	krivlji krivljeg(a)	krivlju	krivlje
vocative		krivlji	krivlja	krivlje
locative		krivljem(u)	krivljoj	krivljem(u)
instrumental		krivljim	krivljom	krivljim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krivlji	krivlje	krivlja
genitive		krivljih	krivljih	krivljih
dative		krivljim(a)	krivljim(a)	krivljim(a)
accusative		krivlje	krivlje	krivlja
vocative		krivlji	krivlje	krivlja
locative		krivljim(a)	krivljim(a)	krivljim(a)
instrumental		krivljim(a)	krivljim(a)	krivljim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najkrivlji	najkrivlja	najkrivlje
genitive		najkrivljeg(a)	najkrivlje	najkrivljeg(a)
dative		najkrivljem(u)	najkrivljoj	najkrivljem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najkrivlji najkrivljeg(a)	najkrivlju	najkrivlje
vocative		najkrivlji	najkrivlja	najkrivlje
locative		najkrivljem(u)	najkrivljoj	najkrivljem(u)
instrumental		najkrivljim	najkrivljom	najkrivljim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najkrivlji	najkrivlje	najkrivlja
genitive		najkrivljih	najkrivljih	najkrivljih
dative		najkrivljim(a)	najkrivljim(a)	najkrivljim(a)
accusative		najkrivlje	najkrivlje	najkrivlja
vocative		najkrivlji	najkrivlje	najkrivlja
locative		najkrivljim(a)	najkrivljim(a)	najkrivljim(a)
instrumental		najkrivljim(a)	najkrivljim(a)	najkrivljim(a)

Related terms

• krivica

Further reading

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