Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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  • (December): Uncertain. Morphologically possibly from pro- (through) + sȋnjī (gray; of the colour of ash). Etymology of Christian source describes it as a month of "praying" (compare pròsiti (to pray)). Other sources speculate that, since it's the month of Sun's solstice, it would be the month in which the Sun "starts glowing" (compare prosínuti (to start glowing)). Cognate to Czech prosinec.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /prǒsinat͡s/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧si‧nac

Noun

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pròsinac m (Cyrillic spelling про̀синац, relational adjective pròsinačkī)

  1. (Croatia) December
    Synonym: dècēmbar
    u prosincuin December
    dvadeset petog prosincaon the twenty-fifth of December
  2. mercury (Mercurialis gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: rèsulja, štȋr, mrkorèla, mrkonèla, mrkvela, (Istra, Krk) mrkvjela, bingulja

Declension

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Declension of prosinac
singular plural
nominative pròsinac prosinci
genitive pròsīnca prosinaca
dative prosincu prosincima
accusative prosinac prosince
vocative prosinče prosinci
locative prosincu prosincima
instrumental prosincem prosincima

Coordinate terms

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Further reading

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