душманин

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ottoman Turkish دشمان (düşman)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Slavic *-inъ

Old Church Slavonic -инъ (-inŭ)

Bulgarian -ин (-in)

Bulgarian душманин

From Ottoman Turkish دشمان (düşman) + Bulgarian -ин (-in).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doʃˈmanin]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -anin
• Syllabification^(key): ду‧шма‧нин
• Hyphenation^(key): душ‧ма‧нин

Noun

душма́нин • (dušmánin) m (relational adjective душма́нски)

1. (obsolete or colloquial) enemy, foe, Philistine

Declension

Declension of душма́нин

	singular	plural
indefinite	душма́нин dušmánin	душма́ни dušmáni
definite (subject form)	душма́нинът dušmáninăt	душма́ните dušmánite
definite (object form)	душма́нина dušmánina
count form	—	душма́нина dušmánina

References

• “душманин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “душманин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dûʃmanin/
• Hyphenation: душ‧ма‧нин

Noun

ду̏шманин m anim (Latin spelling dȕšmanin)

1. alternative form of ду̏шман

Declension

Declension of душманин

	singular	plural
nominative	ду̏шманин	ду̏шмани
genitive	душманина	душмана
dative	душманину	душманима
accusative	душманина	душмане
vocative	душманине	душмани
locative	душманину	душманима
instrumental	душманином	душманима

References

• “душманин”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026