padobran

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From padati +‎ -o- +‎ braniti.

First attested in 1842, in the Deutsch-Ilirisches Wörterbuch by Ivan Mažuranić and Jakov Užarević.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâdobraːn/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧do‧bran

Noun

pȁdobrān m inan (Cyrillic spelling па̏добра̄н)

  1. parachute

Declension

Declension of padobran
singular plural
nominative padobran padobrani
genitive padobrana padobrana
dative padobranu padobranima
accusative padobran padobrane
vocative padobrane padobrani
locative padobranu padobranima
instrumental padobranom padobranima

See also

Further reading

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