košnica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *košьnica.[1] From koš (basket) +‎ -nica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kôʃnit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧šni‧ca
  • Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

kȍšnica f (Cyrillic spelling ко̏шница)

  1. beehive

Declension

Declension of košnica
singular plural
nominative košnica košnice
genitive košnice košnica
dative košnici košnicama
accusative košnicu košnice
vocative košnico košnice
locative košnici košnicama
instrumental košnicom košnicama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “košnica”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 487

Further reading

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