sapun
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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
Noun
sapún m (plural spepín)
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 308
Maltese
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. The word was probably inherited from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), which is clearly old enough to have passed into Maltese. The -p- does of course betray influence by cognate Sicilian sapuni, but does not prove borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
sapun m (collective, singulative sapuna, plural spapen or spajjen, paucal sapuniet)
Derived terms
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin sapo, saponis, probably through the intermediate of Byzantine Greek σαπούνιον (sapoúnion). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
Pronunciation
Noun
sàpūn m (Cyrillic spelling са̀пӯн)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sàpūn | sapuni |
| genitive | sapúna | sapuna |
| dative | sapunu | sapunima |
| accusative | sapun | sapune |
| vocative | sapune | sapuni |
| locative | sapunu | sapunima |
| instrumental | sapunom | sapunima |
Further reading
- “sapun”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025