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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ôʃtro/
- Hyphenation: o‧štro
Adverb
ȍštro (Cyrillic spelling о̏штро)
- sharply
- keenly
- poignantly
- strictly
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian ostro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ôʃtro/
- Hyphenation: o‧štro
Noun
ȍštro m (Cyrillic spelling о̏штро)
- (Croatia, regional) ostro (southerly Mediterranean wind)
- Synonym: jugo
Declension
References
- “oštro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024