skolab

Serbo-Croatian

skolab (Scolymus hispanicus) u Sardiniji

Alternative forms

• skulab, skulob

Etymology

Unknown, probably Liburnian or Vulgar Latin substrate related to Ancient Greek σκόλυμος (skólumos) also meaning a golden thistle (Scolymus hispanicus), a littoral plant that was eaten in spite of its bland flavour when fishers had no success on the Dalmatian coast, as well as by poor farmers in Alentejo, because it has a high nutritional value regardless of the worth of soil it grows on.

Noun

skolab m (Cyrillic spelling сколаб) (Dalmatia)

1. common golden thistle (Scolymus hispanicus)

   Synonyms: dragùšica, špànjõlska dragùšica, sȉkavac, sȉkavica

2. sea holly (Eryngium amethystinum, Eryngium campestre)

   Synonyms: kotr̀ljan, bȑmeč, bȑmak, sȉkavac, sȉkavica

3. Cirsium spp.

Declension

Declension of skolab

	singular	plural
nominative	skolab	skolabi
genitive	skolaba	skolaba
dative	skolabu	skolabima
accusative	skolab	skolabe
vocative	skolabu	skolabi
locative	skolabu	skolabima
instrumental	skolabom	skolabima