sapun

See also: săpun

Maltese

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /saˈpuːn/

Noun

sapun m (collective, singulative sapuna, plural spapen, paucal sapuniet)

1. soap

Usage notes

• 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

• ssapna

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin sapo, saponis, probably through the intermediate of Byzantine Greek σαπούνιον (sapoúnion). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎpuːn/
• Hyphenation: sa‧pun

Noun

sàpūn m (Cyrillic spelling са̀пӯн)

1. soap

Declension

Declension of sapun

	singular	plural
nominative	sàpūn	sapuni
genitive	sapúna	sapuna
dative	sapunu	sapunima
accusative	sapun	sapune
vocative	sapune	sapuni
locative	sapunu	sapunima
instrumental	sapunom	sapunima

References

• “sapun” in Hrvatski jezični portal