barutnica

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bàrut +‎ -nica.

Noun[edit]

barutnica f (Cyrillic spelling барутница)

  1. powder magazine
  2. (figurative) powder keg
    • 1842, Hedviga. Drama u tri čina polag Kernera (Izbor igrokazak ilirskoga kazališta; 8), Zagreb, Treći čin, treći prizor, page 42:
      Ti si u me žižak bacila; grabi te li slutnja o рogibeli? Još jedan trenutak i iskra će zaplamtiti i barutnica poletit će u zrak.
      You have thrown the fuse onto me; hasn’t the suspicion of death caught you? Just one moment and a spark will be enkindled and the powder keg will blow up.
  3. powder box, powder flask

Declension[edit]