часовник

Bulgarian

Etymology

час (čas, hour, time) +‎ -ов (-ov, genitive suffix?) +‎ -ник (-nik, tool-forming suffix). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “verify the function of the -ов component”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɐˈsɔvnik]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

часо́вник • (časóvnikm (relational adjective часо́вников)

  1. timepiece, clock
    преносим часовникprenosim časovnikwatch
    джобен часовникdžoben časovnikpocketwatch
    ръчен часовникrǎčen časovnikwristwatch
    стенен часовникstenen časovnikclock

Declension

Declension of часо́вник
singular plural
indefinite часо́вник
časóvnik
часо́вници
časóvnici
definite
(subject form)
часо́вникът
časóvnikǎt
часо́вниците
časóvnicite
definite
(object form)
часо́вника
časóvnika
count form часо́вника
časóvnika

Derived terms

  • биологи́чески часо́вник (biologíčeski časóvnik, biological clock)
  • по часо́вник (po časóvnik, like clockwork; precisely on time)

References

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃasɔvnik]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

часовник • (časovnikm (diminutive часовниче)

  1. clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)
    Synonym: (colloquial) саат m (saat)

Declension

Declension of часовник
singular plural
indefinite часовник (časovnik) часовници (časovnici)
definite unspecified часовникот (časovnikot) часовниците (časovnicite)
definite proximal часовников (časovnikov) часовнициве (časovnicive)
definite distal часовникон (časovnikon) часовницине (časovnicine)
vocative часовнику (časovniku) часовници (časovnici)
count form часовника (časovnika)

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From ча̏с.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǎsoːʋniːk/
  • Hyphenation: ча‧сов‧ник

Noun

ча̀со̄внӣк m inan (Latin spelling čàsōvnīk)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia) clock
  2. (Bosnia, Serbia) watch

Declension

Declension of часовник
singular plural
nominative часовник часовници
genitive часовника часовника
dative часовнику часовницима
accusative часовник часовнике
vocative часовниче часовници
locative часовнику часовницима
instrumental часовником часовницима

References

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