dušik

See also: Dusik and dusík

Serbo-Croatian

Chemical element
N
Previous: ùgljīk (C)
Next: kìsīk (O)

Etymology

Coined by Croatian linguist Bogoslav Šulek in the 19th century. Modeled after Czech dusík, from the same Slavic root that gave dúša.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ǔʃiːk/
• Hyphenation: du‧šik

Noun

dùšīk m (Cyrillic spelling ду̀шӣк)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia) nitrogen

   Synonyms: àzot, nȉtrogēn

2. (Bosnia, Croatia) azote

Declension

Declension of dušik

	singular	plural
nominative	dùšīk	dušici
genitive	dušíka	dušika
dative	dušiku	dušicima
accusative	dušik	dušike
vocative	dušiče	dušici
locative	dušiku	dušicima
instrumental	dušikom	dušicima

References

• “dušik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Chemical element
N
Previous: ogljík (C)
Next: kisík (O)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duʃíːk/

Noun

dušȋk m inan

1. nitrogen

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	dušík
genitive	dušíka
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dušík
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dušíka
dative (dajȃlnik)	dušíku
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dušík
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dušíku
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dušíkom

Further reading

• “dušik”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025