desetnik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

deset +‎ -nik, literally "one who leads a group of ten".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /děsetniːk/
  • Hyphenation: de‧set‧nik

Noun

dèsetnīk m (Cyrillic spelling дѐсетнӣк)

  1. (military, army, Croatia) corporal
    Synonyms: (Serbia) desetar, (Bosnia) kaplar
  2. (military, navy, Croatia) petty officer second class
  3. (military, Ancient Rome) decurion

Declension
Declension of desetnik
singular plural
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) desetnici
genitive desetnika desetnika
dative desetniku desetnicima
accusative desetnika desetnike
vocative desetniče desetnici
locative desetniku desetnicima
instrumental desetnikom desetnicima

Further reading
  • “desetnik” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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