netopir

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *netopyřь. First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nêtopiːr/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧to‧pir

Noun

nȅtopīr m anim (Cyrillic spelling не̏топӣр)

  1. (regional, Croatia) bat (small flying mammal)

Declension

Declension of netopir
singular plural
nominative netopir netopiri
genitive netopira netopira
dative netopiru netopirima
accusative netopira netopire
vocative netopiru netopiri
locative netopiru netopirima
instrumental netopirom netopirima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “nȅtopīr”, 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 707

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *netopyřь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛtɔpìːr/, /nɛtɔpíːr/

Noun

netopīr m anim

  1. bat (small flying mammal)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing. netopír
gen. sing. netopírja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
netopír netopírja netopírji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
netopírja netopírjev netopírjev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
netopírju netopírjema netopírjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
netopírja netopírja netopírje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
netopírju netopírjih netopírjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
netopírjem netopírjema netopírji

Further reading

  • netopir”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025