barutnica
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Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]barutnica f (Cyrillic spelling барутница)
- powder magazine
- (figurative) powder keg
- 1842, Hedviga. Drama u tri čina polag Kernera (Izbor igrokazak ilirskoga kazališta; 8), Zagreb, Treći čin, treći prizor, page 42:
- Ti si u me žižak bacila; grabi te li slutnja o рogibeli? Još jedan trenutak i iskra će zaplamtiti i barutnica poletit će u zrak.
- You have thrown the fuse onto me; hasn’t the suspicion of death caught you? Just one moment and a spark will be enkindled and the powder keg will blow up.
- powder box, powder flask
Declension
[edit]Declension of barutnica
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | barutnica | barutnice |
| genitive | barutnice | barutnica |
| dative | barutnici | barutnicama |
| accusative | barutnicu | barutnice |
| vocative | barutnice | barutnice |
| locative | barutnici | barutnicama |
| instrumental | barutnicom | barutnicama |