Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS): Svaka C/ć/čast?

[musicalchef]

Hi,

I see this phrase "svaka cast" often on a Bosnian chat forum and it seems to be a compliment. Since they don't usually put in the diacritical marks, I'm not even sure which "c" it is. Anyone know? I think "svaka" means "any," and čast has a lot of different meanings in the online dictionary.

Hvala lijepo

 

[dudasd]

It's: Svaka čast!

Literally it means "Every honour", and it's a compliment meaning that someone is admitting that you deserve every kind of honour for something you said or did. Of course, as any compliment, it can be used ironically, if you did something extremely bad or stupid. You must decide from the context.

Also, you may happen to see it as "svaka ti čast" or "svaka vam čast" (lit.: "every honour to you", 1st is singular, 2nd is plural or "polite addressing"). The sense remains the same.

 

[Athaulf]

This expression was discussed in a thread from a few months ago; you might find some additional info there.

 

[Jana337]

Please continue in the other thread if you still have questions.

 

[musicalchef]

Hvala lijepo!

That makes sense, thanks!

Sorry, I didn't find the other thread before; it was helpful.