O KOLOKACIJAMA SA PRIDEVOM LAK

This paper examines the collocational range of the adjective lak in the Serbian language. The subject of interest is collocations with the adjective lak and a noun as the primary collocate (in the structure Adj + N). Using the collocation method, the paper aims to determine with which semantic groups of nouns the observed adjective collocates, and to draw attention to the meaning groups of the adjective lak, as well as compare them with the meanings in the Dictionary of the Serbian language (Rečnik srpskoga jezika). In addition, prepositional-case structures with the adjective lak as the primary collocate in which we searched for euphemistic meaning were also examined. Seven semantic groups of nouns collocated with the adjective lak were observed, confirming all the dictionary meanings of the observed adjective, as well as the meaning that descriptive dictionaries of the Serbian language do not mark. Prepositional constructions with the adjective lak as the primary collocate have a euphemistic meaning, dominant in the spheres of communication and human psychological states.