štap
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- štapaj
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtap/
- Rhymes: -ap
- Syllabification: štap
Verb
štap
- second-person singular imperfect of štapaś
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščapъ.[1] Cognates include Slovene ščap (“stick, cudgel”), Lower Sorbian šćap (“shepherd's staff”) and Slovak štiap (“stick, pole”). Further compare Latvian šķēps (“spear”) and Proto-Germanic *skaftaz (“shaft, spear”). Unrelated to German Stab.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtâːp/
Noun
štȃp m inan (Cyrillic spelling шта̑п)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | štap | štapovi |
| genitive | štapa | štapova |
| dative | štapu | štapovima |
| accusative | štap | štapove |
| vocative | štape | štapovi |
| locative | štapu | štapovima |
| instrumental | štapom | štapovima |
Derived terms
- štȃp za pecanje (“fishing rod”)
References
- ^ Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Zagreb, 1971, v. 3, p. 412
Further reading
- “štap”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025