hruška

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See also: Hruška and Hruska

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hruška, diminutive of hrušě, from Proto-Slavic *gruša.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: hru‧š‧ka
  • Rhymes: -uʃka

Noun

hruška f (related adjective hruškový, diminutive hruštička)

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. (colloquial) pear (tree)
    Synonym: hrušeň

Declension

Declension of hruška (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative hruška hrušky
genitive hrušky hrušek
dative hrušce hruškám
accusative hrušku hrušky
vocative hruško hrušky
locative hrušce hruškách
instrumental hruškou hruškami

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Diminutive of hrušě, from Proto-Slavic *gruša.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɣruʃka/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈɦruʃka/

Noun

hruška f

  1. pear (fruit)
  2. pear (tree)

Declension

Declension of hruška (hard a-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative hruška hrušcě hrušky
genitive hrušky hruškú hrušek
dative hrušcě hruškama hruškám
accusative hrušku hrušcě hrušky
vocative hruško hrušcě hrušky
locative hrušcě hruškú hruškách
instrumental hruškú hruškama hruškami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: hruška

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

hruška f (Cyrillic spelling хрушка)

  1. Obsolete form of kruška.

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gruša.

Pronunciation

Noun

hruška f

  1. pear
  2. pear tree

Declension

Declension of hruška
singular plural
nominative hruška hrušky
genitive hrušky hrušiek
dative hruške hruškám
accusative hrušku hrušky
locative hruške hruškách
instrumental hruškou hruškami

Further reading

  • “hruška”, 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

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Pronunciation

Noun

hrȗška f

  1. pear (fruit)

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. hrúška
gen. sing. hrúške
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		hrúška hrúški hrúške
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		hrúške hrúšk hrúšk
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		hrúški hrúškama hrúškam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		hrúško hrúški hrúške
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		hrúški hrúškah hrúškah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		hrúško hrúškama hrúškami

Further reading

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