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Finally, a couple of verbs have two derived nouns — one for the person who is kind

of ‘giving’, and another for the one who is ‘receiving’. The most common one is:

učitelj teacher

učiti study / teach →

učenik student

From it, feminine versions are regularly derived, as described earlier.

There are two more nouns that are derived from some verbs: one stands for

‘playroom’, and another for ‘playground’. The first type is derived with -onica, after

removing the infinitive ending -ti:

verb

igrati play

kupati bathe

učiti study / teach

‘playroom’ noun

igraonica playroom

kupaonica bathroom

učionica classroom

You’ll often see shortened versions of these nouns, with only -ona, e.g. kupaona for

bathroom; they are understood as a bit colloquial.

There are more terms where more than one word is used; the most common

example are the words for bakery:

pekara

pekarna (colloq., common in Zagreb) bakery

pekarnica (standard, but less common)

For instance, on this bakery in Zagreb, there’s both pekara and pekarna:

Another term which has more than one word is flower shop, but this time, the

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