-čuga

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

First attested in the late 1970s. According to Babić, it has spread from the word cr̀nčuga (“nigger”) (originally formed as crnc- + -juga), which was reanalyzed by native speakers as if being composed of cȓn (“black”) + -čuga. The word cr̀nčuga was the most common pejorative in subtitled American films and television as shown on Yugoslav television stations, acting as a calque for the English word nigger. From there, the suffix became productive, forming new nouns with similar pejorative connotations.

Suffix

-čuga (Cyrillic spelling -чуга)

  1. Suffix appended to nominal stems to a create a noun, usually an augmentative with pejorative connotations.
    kȁmēn → kamenčuga
    cȓn → cr̀nčuga
    pȋvo → pivčuga

Declension
Declension of -čuga
singular plural
nominative -čuga -čuge
genitive -čuge -čuga / -čugi
dative -čugi -čugama
accusative -čugu -čuge
vocative -čugo -čuge
locative -čugi -čugama
instrumental -čugom -čugama

Derived terms
Category Serbo-Croatian terms suffixed with -čuga not found

References
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