pijun

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pìōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish peón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǐjuːn/

Noun

pìjūn m anim (Cyrillic spelling пѝјӯн)

1. (chess) pawn

   Synonym: pješak

Declension

Declension of pijun

	singular	plural
nominative	pìjūn	pijúni
genitive	pijúna	pijúnā
dative	pijúnu	pijúnima
accusative	pijúna	pijúne
vocative	pȉjūne	pijúni
locative	pijúnu	pijúnima
instrumental	pijúnom	pijúnima

See also

Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
kralj краљ	dama, kraljica дама, краљица	top, kula топ, кула	lovac, trkač, laufer ловац, тркач, лауфер	skakač, konj скакач, коњ	pješak, pešak, pion, pijun пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун

References

• “pijun”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Vukušić, Stjepan; Zoričić, Ivan; Graselli-Vukušić, Marija (2007), Naglasak u hrvatskome književnom jeziku (Velika hrvatska gramatika; 4), Zagreb: Globus, →ISBN, §157, page 55

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pi.ˈʃun]

Noun

pijun (nominative plural pijuns)

1. pigeon or dove

Declension

Declension of pijun

	singular	plural
nominative	pijun	pijuns
genitive	pijuna	pijunas
dative	pijune	pijunes
accusative	pijuni	pijunis
vocative 1	o pijun!	o pijuns!
predicative 2	pijunu	pijunus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hypernyms

• böd
• nim

Derived terms

• klifapijun
• turturapijun