štap

See also: stap and Stap

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• štapaj

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃtap]

Verb

štap

1. second-person singular imperfect of štapaś

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ščap (Kajkavian)
• šćap (Croatia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščapъ.^[1] Cognates include Slovene ščap (“stick, cudgel”), Lower Sorbian šćap (“shepherd's staff”) and Slovak štiap (“stick, pole”). Further compare Latvian šķēps (“spear”) and Proto-Germanic *skaftaz (“shaft, spear”). Unrelated to German Stab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtâːp/

Noun

štȃp m (Cyrillic spelling шта̑п)

1. staff, rod, stick

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	štap	štapovi
genitive	štapa	štapova
dative	štapu	štapovima
accusative	štap	štapove
vocative	štape	štapovi
locative	štapu	štapovima
instrumental	štapom	štapovima

Declension of štap

Derived terms

• štȃp za pecanje (“fishing rod”)

References

1. Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Zagreb, 1971, v. 3, p. 412

Further reading

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