samokres

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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samo- +‎ kresati.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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sȁmokrēs m (Cyrillic spelling са̏мокре̄с)

  1. (Croatia) pistol, gun

Usage notes

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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

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References

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  • samokres” in Hrvatski jezični portal