dušman
See also: düşman, duşman, and dușman
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- dȕšmanin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دشمن (düşmen), from Persian دشمن (dušman). Akin to dušmànluk and dȋn-dȕšman.
Pronunciation
- (dùšman): IPA(key): /dûʃman/
- (dùšmān): IPA(key): /dǔʃmaːn/
- Hyphenation: duš‧man
Noun
dȕšman m (Cyrillic spelling ду̏шман) ordùšmān m (Cyrillic spelling ду̀шма̄н)
- (expressively) enemy
- 2012, Cherkezi United, “Smugljanka”:
- Bježao sam pred dušmanom,
Napustivši rodni grad.- I fled before the enemy,
Leaving behind my native city.
- I fled before the enemy,
- Bježao sam pred dušmanom,
- 1993, Bajaga i Instruktori (lyrics and music), “Ovo je Balkan”, in Muzika na struju, Produkcija Stig, performed by Bajaga i Instruktori:
- Tu svako može biti
Dušman i brat
Svakih pedeset leta izbija rat.- Here anyone can be
Enemy and brother
Every fifty years erupts the war.
- Here anyone can be
- 2012, Cherkezi United, “Smugljanka”:
Declension
Declension of dušman
singular | plural | |
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nominative | dušman | dušmani |
genitive | dušmana | dušmana |
dative | dušmanu | dušmanima |
accusative | dušmana | dušmane |
vocative | dušmane | dušmani |
locative | dušmanu | dušmanima |
instrumental | dušmanom | dušmanima |
Synonyms
- nèprijatelj
References
- “dušman” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 229