obrana

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oborna.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: obra‧na

Noun

obrana f

  1. defense
  2. (sports) defense
    Synonyms: defenziva, defenzíva, bek, (rare) back
    Antonyms: útok, ofenziva, ofenzíva, forward, forvard

Declension

Declension of obrana (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative obrana obrany
genitive obrany obran
dative obraně obranám
accusative obranu obrany
vocative obrano obrany
locative obraně obranách
instrumental obranou obranami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “obrana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “obrana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “obrana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈbra.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: o‧bra‧na

Participle

obrana

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of obrany

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Deverbal from obrániti (“to defend”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ôbrana/
  • Hyphenation: o‧bra‧na

Noun

ȍbrana f (Cyrillic spelling о̏брана)

  1. (Croatia) defense

Declension

Declension of obrana
singular plural
nominative obrana obrane
genitive obrane obrana
dative obrani obranama
accusative obranu obrane
vocative obrano obrane
locative obrani obranama
instrumental obranom obranama

Further reading

  • “obrana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oborna.

Pronunciation

Noun

obrana f (genitive singular obrany, nominative plural obrany, genitive plural obrán)

  1. defense

Declension

Declension of obrana
singular plural
nominative obrana obrany
genitive obrany obrán
dative obrane obranám
accusative obranu obrany
locative obrane obranách
instrumental obranou obranami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “obrana”, 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, 2003–2025
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