By surface analysis, srp (“sickle”) + -an, referring to harvesting. Cognate with Polish sierpień (“August”) and Serbo-Croatian srpanj (“July”). First attested in the 15th century.
sŕpan m
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | srpan | ||
gen. sing. | srpana | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
srpan | srpana | srpani |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
srpana | srpanov | srpanov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
srpanu | srpanoma | srpanom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
srpan | srpana | srpane |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
srpanu | srpanih | srpanih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
srpanom | srpanoma | srpani |