барутница

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

ба́рут +‎ -ница.

Noun

барутница f (Latin spelling barutnica)

  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 барутница
singular plural
nominative барутница барутнице
genitive барутнице барутница
dative барутници барутницама
accusative барутницу барутнице
vocative барутнице барутнице
locative барутници барутницама
instrumental барутницом барутницама