desetnik
See also: desetník
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
deset + -nik, literally "one who leads a group of ten".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /děsetniːk/
- Hyphenation: de‧set‧nik
Noun
dèsetnīk m anim (Cyrillic spelling дѐсетнӣк)
- (military, army, Croatia) corporal
- (military, navy, Croatia) petty officer second class
- (military, Ancient Rome) decurion
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | desetnik | desetnici |
| genitive | desetnika | desetnika |
| dative | desetniku | desetnicima |
| accusative | desetnika | desetnike |
| vocative | desetniče | desetnici |
| locative | desetniku | desetnicima |
| instrumental | desetnikom | desetnicima |
Further reading
- “desetnik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025