jetra

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ętro, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entrom. The noun was originally of neuter gender in Proto-Slavic and Proto-Indo-European, but since it was chiefly used in plural (with the ending -a for neuters) it became remodeled as a feminine singular noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jêtra/
  • Hyphenation: jet‧ra

Noun

jȅtra f (Cyrillic spelling је̏тра)

  1. liver
    Synonym: džigerica

Declension

Related terms

References

  • jetra” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ętro, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entrom.

Pronunciation

Noun

jẹ́tra n pl

  1. liver (organ)

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 jétra
genitive jéter
plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
jétra
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dative
(dajȃlnik)
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
jétrih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
jétri

Further reading

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