"очај" meaning in Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

IPA: /ôt͡ʃaːj/
Etymology: From од- + Proto-Slavic *čajati (Russian ча́ять (čájatʹ), Polish przyczaić). Etymology templates: {{prefix|sh|од}} од- +, {{der|sh|sla-pro|*čajati}} Proto-Slavic *čajati, {{cog|ru|ча́ять}} Russian ча́ять (čájatʹ), {{cog|pl|przyczaić}} Polish przyczaić Head templates: {{sh-noun|g=m|head=о̏ча̄ј}} о̏ча̄ј m animacy unspecified (Latin spelling ȍčāj) Forms: о̏ча̄ј m animacy unspecified [canonical], ȍčāj [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], очај [nominative, singular], очаји [nominative, plural], очаја [genitive, singular], очаја [genitive, plural], очају [dative, singular], очајима [dative, plural], очај [accusative, singular], очаје [accusative, plural], очају [singular, vocative], очаји [plural, vocative], очају [locative, singular], очајима [locative, plural], очајем [instrumental, singular], очајима [instrumental, plural]
  1. despair
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "од"
      },
      "expansion": "од- +",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*čajati"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *čajati",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ча́ять"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian ча́ять (čájatʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "przyczaić"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish przyczaić",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From од- + Proto-Slavic *čajati (Russian ча́ять (čájatʹ), Polish przyczaić).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "о̏ча̄ј m animacy unspecified",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ȍčāj",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очај",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очаји",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очаја",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очаја",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очају",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очајима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очај",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очаје",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очају",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очаји",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очају",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очајима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очајем",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очајима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "head": "о̏ча̄ј"
      },
      "expansion": "о̏ча̄ј m animacy unspecified (Latin spelling ȍčāj)",
      "name": "sh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "о",
        "чај"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with од-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "despair"
      ],
      "id": "en-очај-sh-noun-52hFhs33",
      "links": [
        [
          "despair",
          "despair"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ôt͡ʃaːj/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "очај"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "од"
      },
      "expansion": "од- +",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*čajati"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "expansion": "Russian ча́ять (čájatʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "przyczaić"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish przyczaić",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From од- + Proto-Slavic *čajati (Russian ча́ять (čájatʹ), Polish przyczaić).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "о̏ча̄ј m animacy unspecified",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ȍčāj",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очај",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очаји",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очаја",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очаја",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очају",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очајима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очај",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очаје",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очају",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очаји",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очају",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очајима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очајем",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "очајима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "head": "о̏ча̄ј"
      },
      "expansion": "о̏ча̄ј m animacy unspecified (Latin spelling ȍčāj)",
      "name": "sh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "о",
        "чај"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for animacy in Serbo-Croatian entries",
        "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
        "Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian nouns",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with од-"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "despair"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "despair",
          "despair"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ôt͡ʃaːj/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "очај"
}

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  "section": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "очај",
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}

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