hobotnica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xǒbotnit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ho‧bot‧ni‧ca

Noun

hòbotnica f (Cyrillic spelling хо̀ботница)

1. octopus

Declension

Declension of hobotnica

	singular	plural
nominative	hobotnica	hobotnice
genitive	hobotnice	hobotnica
dative	hobotnici	hobotnicama
accusative	hobotnicu	hobotnice
vocative	hobotnice / hobotnico	hobotnice
locative	hobotnici	hobotnicama
instrumental	hobotnicom	hobotnicama

Further reading

• “hobotnica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔbóːtnit͡sa/

• Audio:

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Noun

hobọ̑tnica f

1. octopus (mollusc)

Inflection

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	hobótnica
gen. sing.	hobótnice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	hobótnica	hobótnici	hobótnice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	hobótnice	hobótnic	hobótnic
dative (dajȃlnik)	hobótnici	hobótnicama	hobótnicam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	hobótnico	hobótnici	hobótnice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	hobótnici	hobótnicah	hobótnicah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	hobótnico	hobótnicama	hobótnicami

Further reading

• “hobotnica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “hobotnica”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references