sapun

See also: săpun

Maltese

Etymology

Eventually from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. The word was probably inherited from Arabic صابُون‎ (ṣābūn), which is clearly old enough to have passed into Maltese. The -p- does of course betray influence by cognate Sicilian sapuni, but does not prove borrowing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saˈpuːn/

Noun

sapun m (collective, singulative sapuna, plural spapen, paucal sapuniet)

  1. soap

Usage notes
  • The singulative means a “piece of soap”, the paucal a small number of these. The plural refers chiefly to different kinds of soap.

Derived terms
  • ssapna

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin sapo, saponis, probably through the intermediate of Byzantine Greek σαπούνιον (sapoúnion). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sǎpuːn/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pun

Noun

sàpūn m (Cyrillic spelling са̀пӯн)

  1. soap

Declension
Declension of sapun
singular plural
nominative sàpūn sapuni
genitive sapúna sapuna
dative sapunu sapunima
accusative sapun sapune
vocative sapune sapuni
locative sapunu sapunima
instrumental sapunom sapunima

References
  • “sapun” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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