barutnica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

bàrut +‎ -nica.

Noun

barutnica f (Cyrillic spelling барутница)

  1. powder magazine
  2. (figurative) powder keg
    • 1842, Hedviga. Drama u tri čina polag Kernera (Izbor igrokazak ilirskoga kazališta; 8), Zagreb, Treći čin, treći prizor, page 42:
      Ti si u me žižak bacila; grabi te li slutnja o рogibeli? Još jedan trenutak i iskra će zaplamtiti i barutnica poletit će u zrak.
      You have thrown the fuse onto me; hasn’t the suspicion of death caught you? Just one moment and a spark will be enkindled and the powder keg will blow up.
  3. powder box, powder flask

Declension

Declension of barutnica
singular plural
nominative barutnica barutnice
genitive barutnice barutnica
dative barutnici barutnicama
accusative barutnicu barutnice
vocative barutnice barutnice
locative barutnici barutnicama
instrumental barutnicom barutnicama
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