kapetan
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
kapètān m (Cyrillic spelling капѐта̄н)
- captain (rank)
- Synonym: (Croatian) sȁtnīk
- (Croatia) captain (of a team)
- Synonym: (Bosnian, Serbian) kapiten
Declension
Declension of kapetan
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kapètān | kapetani |
| genitive | kapetána | kapetana |
| dative | kapetanu | kapetanima |
| accusative | kapetana | kapetane |
| vocative | kapetane | kapetani |
| locative | kapetanu | kapetanima |
| instrumental | kapetanom | kapetanima |
Further reading
- “kapetan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
kapẹ̑tan m anim (female equivalent kapétanka)
- captain (an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)
- captain (one of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official)
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | kapétan | ||
| gen. sing. | kapétana | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
kapétan | kapétana | kapétani |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
kapétana | kapétanov | kapétanov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
kapétanu | kapétanoma | kapétanom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
kapétana | kapétana | kapétane |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
kapétanu | kapétanih | kapétanih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
kapétanom | kapétanoma | kapétani |
Further reading
- “kapetan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024