žbun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Uncertain. First attested in the 19th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒbûːn/

Noun

žbȗn m inan (Cyrillic spelling жбу̑н)

  1. bush, shrub
    Synonym: grm

Declension

Declension of žbun
singular plural
nominative žbun žbȕnovi
genitive žbuna žbunova
dative žbunu žbunovima
accusative žbun žbunove
vocative žbune žbunovi
locative žbunu žbunovima
instrumental žbunom žbunovima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žbȗn”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 615

Further reading

  • žbun”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025