leptir
Serbo-Croatian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”); compare dialectal Bulgarian лепир (lepir, “vampire”), dialectal Russian лепень (lepenʹ, “butterfly”). First attested in the 19th century. [1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlȅptīr m anim (Cyrillic spelling ле̏птӣр)
- lepidopteran; butterfly or moth (but prototypically a butterfly)
- butterfly (swimming style)
- bowtie
- butterfly door (of a car)
- (figuratively) a fickle, flighty person
Declension
edit| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lȅptīr | lȅptīri / lȅptirovi |
| genitive | leptira | leptira / leptirova |
| dative | leptiru | leptirima / leptirovima |
| accusative | leptira | leptire / leptirove |
| vocative | leptiru | leptiri / leptirovi |
| locative | leptiru | leptirima / leptirovima |
| instrumental | leptirom | leptirima / leptirovima |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016), “leptir”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I: A – Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 547