jadnik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From jad (“misery”) +‎ -nik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâdniːk/
• Hyphenation: jad‧nik

Noun

jȁdnīk m anim (Cyrillic spelling ја̏днӣк)

1. miserable person (wretched, needy, abandoned etc.)
2. weak or worthless person (especially morally)

Declension

Declension of jadnik

	singular	plural
nominative	jȁdnīk	jȁdnīci
genitive	jadnika	jadnika
dative	jadniku	jadnicima
accusative	jadnika	jadnike
vocative	jȁdnīče	jadnici
locative	jadniku	jadnicima
instrumental	jadnikom	jadnicima

Further reading

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