sapun
See also: săpun
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. The word was probably inherited from Arabic صَابُون (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 or spajjen, paucal sapuniet)
Derived terms edit
Related 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