заручник

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǎːrut͡ʃniːk/
  • Hyphenation: за‧руч‧ник

Noun

за́ручнӣк m anim (Latin spelling záručnīk)

  1. (usually Croatia) fiancé
    Synonyms: вје̏ренӣк, ве̏ренӣк

Declension

Declension of заручник
singular plural
nominative за́ручнӣк за́ручнӣци
genitive заручника заручника
dative заручнику заручницима
accusative заручника заручнике
vocative за́ручнӣче заручници
locative заручнику заручницима
instrumental заручником заручницима

Ukrainian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ рука́ (ruká) +‎ -ник (-nyk)

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Noun

зару́чник (zarúčnykm pers (genitive зару́чника, nominative plural зару́чники, genitive plural зару́чників, female equivalent зару́чниця)

  1. hostage
    Synonym: (dated) зало́жник m (zalóžnyk)

Declension

Declension of зару́чник
(pers velar masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative зару́чник
zarúčnyk
зару́чники
zarúčnyky
genitive зару́чника
zarúčnyka
зару́чників
zarúčnykiv
dative зару́чникові, зару́чнику
zarúčnykovi, zarúčnyku
зару́чникам
zarúčnykam
accusative зару́чника
zarúčnyka
зару́чників
zarúčnykiv
instrumental зару́чником
zarúčnykom
зару́чниками
zarúčnykamy
locative зару́чникові, зару́чнику
zarúčnykovi, zarúčnyku
зару́чниках
zarúčnykax
vocative зару́чнику
zarúčnyku
зару́чники
zarúčnyky

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