govno

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govьno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǒːʋno/
• Hyphenation: gov‧no

Noun

góvno n (Cyrillic spelling го́вно)

1. (vulgar) when used in singular (govno): turd (a piece of shit) Example: Posrao sam baš veliko govno. I shat a really big turd.
2. (vulgar) when used in plural (govna): shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel) Example: Jedi govna! Eat shit!
3. (vulgar, slang) nonsense, bullshit
4. (vulgar, slang) rubbish, worthless matter
5. (vulgar, slang) shit, dipshit; a contemptible, annoying person
6. (vulgar, slang) A problem or difficult situation.

Declension

Declension of govno

	singular	plural
nominative	góvno	gȏvna
genitive	góvna	gȍvānā
dative	govnu	gȏvnima
accusative	govno	gȏvna
vocative	govno	gȏvna
locative	govnu	gȏvnima
instrumental	govnom	gȏvnima

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:govno.

Synonyms

• izmet

Derived terms

• govnar

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *govьno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ̀ːʋnɔ/

Noun

góvno m inan

1. (vulgar) shit

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nominative	gôvno
genitive	gôvna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gôvno
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gôvna
dative (dajȃlnik)	gôvnu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gôvno
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gôvnu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gôvnom

Further reading

• “govno”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024