нужник

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier нуждник (nuždnik), formed via нужда́я (nuždája, “to need”) +‎ -ник (-nik). Literally, "needful, wanted place".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnuʒnik]

Noun

ну́жник • (núžnik) m

  1. (dated) toilet, lavatory, loo
    Synonyms: тоалетна (toaletna); клозет (klozet); (vulgar) кенеф (kenef)

Declension

Declension of ну́жник
singular plural
indefinite ну́жник
núžnik 		ну́жници
núžnici
definite
(subject form) 		ну́жникът
núžnikǎt 		ну́жниците
núžnicite
definite
(object form) 		ну́жника
núžnika
count form — ну́жника
núžnika

References

  • “нужник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “нужник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnuʒnik]

Noun

нужник • (nužnik) m

  1. toilet, lavatory

Declension

Declension of нужник
singular plural
indefinite нужник (nužnik) нужници (nužnici)
definite unspecified нужникот (nužnikot) нужниците (nužnicite)
definite proximal нужников (nužnikov) нужнициве (nužnicive)
definite distal нужникон (nužnikon) нужницине (nužnicine)
vocative нужнику (nužniku) нужници (nužnici)
count form — нужника (nužnika)

Russian

Etymology

ну́жа (núža) +‎ -ник (-nik)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnuʐnʲɪk]

Noun

ну́жник • (núžnik) m inan (genitive ну́жника, nominative plural ну́жники, genitive plural ну́жников)

  1. (dated) toilet, lavatory, loo

Declension

Declension of ну́жник (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ну́жник
núžnik 		ну́жники
núžniki
genitive ну́жника
núžnika 		ну́жников
núžnikov
dative ну́жнику
núžniku 		ну́жникам
núžnikam
accusative ну́жник
núžnik 		ну́жники
núžniki
instrumental ну́жником
núžnikom 		ну́жниками
núžnikami
prepositional ну́жнике
núžnike 		ну́жниках
núžnikax

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: nuužnikka
  • → Kildin Sami: нӯжьнэһкь (nūž’nehk’)
  • → Mari: нужньык
  • → Udmurt: (dialectal) нужник (nužńik)
  • → Yup'ik: nuussnik

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nûʒniːk/
  • Hyphenation: нуж‧ник

Noun

ну̏жнӣк m inan (Latin spelling nȕžnīk)

  1. toilet

Declension

Declension of нужник
singular plural
nominative ну̏жнӣк ну̏жнӣци
genitive нужника нужника
dative нужнику нужницима
accusative нужник нужнике
vocative нужниче нужници
locative нужнику нужницима
instrumental нужником нужницима

Further reading

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