šipak

See also: sipak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šipъkъ.

Noun

šípak m (Cyrillic spelling ши́пак)

1. rosehip
2. briar
3. pomegranate
4. (colloquial) nothing
5. (colloquial) rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and the thumb is stuck between the index and middle fingers; indicates nothing for you, nuts to you

Declension

Declension of šipak

	singular	plural
nominative	šípak	šipci
genitive	šipka	šȋpākā
dative	šipku	šipcima
accusative	šipak	šipke
vocative	šipče	šipci
locative	šipku	šipcima
instrumental	šipkom	šipcima

Derived terms

• morski šipak

Further reading

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