dnevnik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дневни́к (dnevník).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dnêːʋniːk/

Noun

dnȇvnīk m (Cyrillic spelling дне̑внӣк)

1. diary
2. daily newspaper
3. newscast
4. journal

Usage notes

Used informally in the context of "newscast", as a clipping of the longer phrase televizijski dnevnik. Likely calque of similar names in Romance speaking countries, specifically telegiornale, téléjournal, telejornal, telediario, all meaning "television journal" or "television diary", with the two considered to be synonyms in Serbo-Croatian.

Declension

Declension of dnevnik

	singular	plural
nominative	dnevnik	dnevnici
genitive	dnevnika	dnevnika
dative	dnevniku	dnevnicima
accusative	dnevnik	dnevnike
vocative	dnevniče	dnevnici
locative	dnevniku	dnevnicima
instrumental	dnevnikom	dnevnicima

Further reading

• “dnevnik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дневни́к (dnevník).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dnéːʋnik/

Noun

dnẹ̑vnik m inan

1. diary (daily log of experiences)

Declension

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 inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	dnévnik
gen. sing.	dnévnika
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dnévnik	dnévnika	dnévniki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dnévnika	dnévnikov	dnévnikov
dative (dajȃlnik)	dnévniku	dnévnikoma	dnévnikom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dnévnik	dnévnika	dnévnike
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dnévniku	dnévnikih	dnévnikih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dnévnikom	dnévnikoma	dnévniki

Further reading

• “dnevnik”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025