samokres

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

samo- +‎ kresati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâmokreːs/
• Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧kres

Noun

sȁmokrēs m (Cyrillic spelling са̏мокре̄с)

1. (Croatia) pistol, gun

Usage notes

Word has ideological connotations - it was used in the period of Independent State of Croatia in 1941-1945, and during the nationalist fervor in the early 1990s.

Declension

Declension of samokres

	singular	plural
nominative	samokres	samokresi
genitive	samokresa	samokresa
dative	samokresu	samokresima
accusative	samokres	samokrese
vocative	samokrese	samokresi
locative	samokresu	samokresima
instrumental	samokresom	samokresima

References

• “samokres”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024