iskra

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See also: iskrą and ískra

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьskra. Doublet of jaskier, jaskra, and skra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈis.kra/
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  • Rhymes: -iskra
  • Syllabification: is‧kra

Noun

iskra f (diminutive iskierka)

  1. spark

Declension

Declension of iskra
singular plural
nominative iskra iskry
genitive iskry iskier
dative iskrze iskrom
accusative iskrę iskry
instrumental iskrą iskrami
locative iskrze iskrach
vocative iskro iskry

Further reading

  • iskra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • iskra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьskra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /îskra/
  • Hyphenation: is‧kra

Noun

ȉskra f (Cyrillic spelling и̏скра)

  1. spark

Declension

Declension of iskra
singular plural
nominative ȉskra iskre
genitive iskre ȉskārā / ȉskrī
dative iskri iskrama
accusative iskru iskre
vocative iskro iskre
locative iskri iskrama
instrumental iskrom iskrama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьskra.

Pronunciation

Noun

iskra f (genitive singular iskry, nominative plural iskry, genitive plural iskier, declension pattern of žena)

  1. spark

Declension

Declension of iskra
singular plural
nominative iskra iskry
genitive iskry iskier
dative iskre iskrám
accusative iskru iskry
locative iskre iskrách
instrumental iskrou iskrami

Further reading

  • “iskra”, 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

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьskra.

Pronunciation

Noun

ískra f

  1. spark

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.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. ískra
gen. sing. ískre
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		ískra ískri ískre
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		ískre ísker ísker
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		ískri ískrama ískram
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		ískro ískri ískre
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		ískri ískrah ískrah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		ískro ískrama ískrami
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