водоник

Serbo-Croatian

Chemical element
H	Next: хелијум (He)

Alternative forms

• во̀дӣк (Bosnia, Croatia)

Etymology

From во̀да +‎ -ник, based on во̀дӣк, coined by Bogoslav Šulek in the 19th century from the root of во̀да (modeled after the Czech vodík).

Vladimir Njegovan suggested the term is irregularly formed, arguing the root used should have formed *vodenik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v̞o̞d̪o̞nik/
• Hyphenation: во‧до‧ник

Noun

водоник m (Latin spelling vodonik)

1. (Montenegro, Serbia) hydrogen

   Synonym: хи̏дроге̄н

Declension

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References

• Kaštelan-Macan, Marija (2008) Rasprave o kemijskom nazivlju, Zagreb: Arhiv za kemiju, page 134