свештеник

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Macedonian

Etymology

A Church Slavonicism: borrowed from Old Church Slavonic свѧщеникъ (svęštenikŭ).

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Noun

свештеник (sveštenikm (plural свештеници, feminine свештеничка, relational adjective свештенички)

  1. priest
    Synonym: поп (pop)

Declension

Declension of свештеник
singular plural
indefinite свештеник (sveštenik) свештеници (sveštenici)
definite unspecified свештеникот (sveštenikot) свештениците (sveštenicite)
definite proximal свештеников (sveštenikov) свештенициве (sveštenicive)
definite distal свештеникон (sveštenikon) свештеницине (sveštenicine)
vocative свештенику (svešteniku) свештеници (sveštenici)
count form свештеника (sveštenika)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A Church Slavonicism: borrowed from Old Church Slavonic свѧщеникъ (svęštenikŭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

свѐштенӣк m (Latin spelling svèštenīk)

  1. (Serbia) priest
  2. (Bosnia, Croatia) Orthodox priest

Declension

Further reading

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