desetnik

See also: desetník

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

deset +‎ -nik, literally "one who leads a group of ten".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /děsetniːk/
• Hyphenation: de‧set‧nik

Noun

dèsetnīk m (Cyrillic spelling дѐсетнӣк)

1. (military, army, Croatia) corporal

   Synonyms: (Serbia) desetar, (Bosnia) kaplar

2. (military, navy, Croatia) petty officer second class
3. (military, Ancient Rome) decurion

Declension

Declension of desetnik

	singular	plural
nominative	desetnik	desetnici
genitive	desetnika	desetnika
dative	desetniku	desetnicima
accusative	desetnika	desetnike
vocative	desetniče	desetnici
locative	desetniku	desetnicima
instrumental	desetnikom	desetnicima

Further reading

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