praznik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *porzdьnikъ. Compare Russian праздник (prazdnik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prâːzniːk/
• Hyphenation: praz‧nik

Noun

prȃznīk m (Cyrillic spelling пра̑знӣк)

1. (secular) national holiday (non-working day as opposed to a religious holiday)
2. (by extension) public holiday, holiday (any non-working day in general)
3. festival, festivity

Declension

Declension of praznik

	singular	plural
nominative	prȃznīk	prȃznīci
genitive	praznika	praznika
dative	prazniku	praznicima
accusative	praznik	praznike
vocative	prȃznīče	praznici
locative	prazniku	praznicima
instrumental	praznikom	praznicima

Related terms

• (religious holiday): blagdan