kiseonik

Serbo-Croatian

Chemical element
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Alternative forms

• kìsīk (Bosnia, Croatia)

Etymology

From kȉseo +‎ -nik, based on kìsīk, coined by Bogoslav Šulek in the 19th century from the root of kȉseo (modeled after the Czech kyslík).

Vladimir Njegovan suggested the term is irregularly formed, arguing the roots should have formed *kiselik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiseǒniːk/
• Hyphenation: ki‧se‧o‧nik

Noun

kiseònīk m (Cyrillic spelling кисео̀нӣк)

1. (Montenegro, Serbia) oxygen

   Synonym: ȍksigēn

Declension

Declension of kiseonik

	singular	plural
nominative	kiseònīk	kiseonici
genitive	kiseoníka	kiseonika
dative	kiseoniku	kiseonicima
accusative	kiseònīk	kiseoniče
vocative	kiseoniku	kiseonici
locative	kiseoniku	kiseonicima
instrumental	kiseonikom	kiseonicima

References

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