šišmiš
See also: şişmiş
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From šiš + miš: "fluttering mouse". Compare German Fledermaus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]šìšmiš m anim (Cyrillic spelling шѝшмиш)
- bat (small flying mammal)
- (soccer, slang, chiefly in plural) Valencia CF player
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | šišmiš | šišmiši |
| genitive | šišmiša | šišmiša |
| dative | šišmišu | šišmišima |
| accusative | šišmiša | šišmiše |
| vocative | šišmišu | šišmiši |
| locative | šišmišu | šišmišima |
| instrumental | šišmišom | šišmišima |
References
[edit]- “šišmiš”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
- “šišmiš”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 6, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 966