železo

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Czech

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Chemical element
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech železo, from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: že‧le‧zo

Noun

železo n

  1. iron (chemical element)
  2. (golf) iron (a type of golf club)

Declension

Declension of železo (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative železo železa
genitive železa želez
dative železu železům
accusative železo železa
vocative železo železa
locative železe, železu železech
instrumental železem železy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “železo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “železo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “železo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Lower Sorbian

Noun

železo n inan

  1. Obsolete form of zelezo.

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʒɛlɛzo/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈʒɛlɛzo/

Noun

železo n

  1. iron (chemical element)

Declension

Declension of železo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative železo železě železa
genitive železa železú želez
dative železu železoma železóm
accusative železo železě železa
vocative železo železě železa
locative železě, železu železú železiech
instrumental železem železoma železy
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: železo

Further reading

Old Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Noun

železo n

  1. iron

Descendants

Further reading

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “železo”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒělezo/
  • Hyphenation: že‧le‧zo

Noun

žèlezo n (Cyrillic spelling жѐлезо)

  1. iron

Declension

Declension of železo
singular plural
nominative železo železa
genitive železa železa
dative železu železima
accusative železo železa
vocative železo železa
locative železu železima
instrumental železom železima

Slovak

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Chemical element
Fe
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak železo, from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

Noun

železo n (genitive singular železa, nominative plural železá, genitive plural želiez, declension pattern of mesto, related adjective železový or železný, diminutive želiezko)

  1. iron (chemical element)
  2. (golf) iron (a type of golf club)

Declension

Declension of železo
singular plural
nominative železo železá
genitive železa želiez
dative železu železám
accusative železo železá
locative železe železách
instrumental železom železami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “železo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Chemical element
Fe
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Next: kóbalt (Co)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

Noun

želẹ́zo n

  1. iron (metal)

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Neuter, hard
nominative želézo
genitive želéza
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		želézo
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		želéza
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		želézu
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		želézo
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		želézu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		želézom

Further reading

  • “železo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Upper Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɛlɛzɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛzɔ
  • Hyphenation: že‧le‧zo
  • Syllabification: že‧le‧zo

Noun

železo n

  1. (chemistry) iron
    Synonym: ferum
    Tuta łopać je ze železa zhotowjena.
    This shovel is made of iron.

Declension

Declension of železo (neuter hard hissing stem)
singular dual plural
nominative železo železy železa
genitive železa železow železow
dative železu železomaj železam
accusative železo železy železa
instrumental železom železomaj železami
locative železu železomaj železach
vocative železo železy železa

Further reading

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