десетник

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

десет +‎ -ник, literally "one who leads a group of ten".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /děsetniːk/
  • Hyphenation: де‧сет‧ник

Noun

дѐсетнӣк m (Latin spelling dèsetnīk)

  1. (military, army) corporal
    Synonyms: (Serbia) десетар, (Bosnia) каплар
  2. (military, navy) petty officer second class
  3. (military, Ancient Rome) decurion

Declension

Further reading

  • десетник”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024