sapun
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See also: săpun
Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Eventually from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. The word was probably inherited from Arabic صابُون (ṣābūn), which is clearly old enough to have passed into Maltese. The -p- does of course betray influence by cognate Sicilian sapuni, but does not prove borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sapun m (collective, singulative sapuna, plural spapen, paucal sapuniet)
Usage notes[edit]
- The singulative means a “piece of soap”, the paucal a small number of these. The plural refers chiefly to different kinds of soap.
Derived terms[edit]
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sapo, saponis, probably through the intermediate of Byzantine Greek σαπούνιον (sapoúnion). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sàpūn m (Cyrillic spelling са̀пӯн)
Declension[edit]
Declension of sapun
References[edit]
- “sapun” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Categories:
- Maltese terms derived from Latin
- Maltese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Sicilian
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese collective nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Latin
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns