prosinac

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Uncertain. Morphologically possibly from pro- (“through”) + sȋnjī (“gray; of the colour of ash”). Etymology of Christian source describes it as a month of "praying" (compare pròsiti (“to pray”)). Other sources speculate that, since it's the month of Sun's solstice, it would be the month in which the Sun "starts glowing" (compare prosínuti (“to start glowing”)).

Cognate to Czech prosinec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒsinats/
• Hyphenation: pro‧si‧nac

Noun

pròsinac m (Cyrillic spelling про̀синац)

1. (Croatia) December

   u prosincu ― in December

   dvadeset petog prosinca ― on the twenty-fifth of December

Declension

Declension of prosinac

	singular	plural
nominative	pròsinac	prosinci
genitive	pròsīnca	prosinaca
dative	prosincu	prosincima
accusative	prosinac	prosince
vocative	prosinče	prosinci
locative	prosincu	prosincima
instrumental	prosincem	prosincima

Synonyms

• dècēmbar

Derived terms

• pròsinačkī

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/siječanj, februar/veljača, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac ^{(Category: sh:Gregorian calendar months)}