zrak
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This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
See also: z rąk
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech zrak, from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ. Cognates include Polish wzrok.
Pronunciation
Noun
zrak m inan
Declension
Related terms
adjectives
nouns
verbs
Further reading
- “zrak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “zrak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “zrak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
zrak m inan
- vision, sight
- (in the dual) eyes
- Synonym: oči
- 15th century, Alexandreida, zlomek svatovítský:
- Kto má tako světlá zraky,
by mohl ty cěsty poznati,
ande sě každá potrati.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of zrak (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | zrak | zraky | zraci, zrakové |
| genitive | zraka, zraku | zrakú | zrakóv |
| dative | zraku | zrakoma | zrakóm |
| accusative | zrak | zraky | zraky |
| vocative | zrače | zraky | zraci, zrakové |
| locative | zracě, zraku | zrakú | zraciech |
| instrumental | zrakem | zrakoma | zraky |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Related terms
Descendants
- Czech: zrak
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “zrak”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ. Cognates include Polish wzrok.
Pronunciation
Noun
zrȃk m (Cyrillic spelling зра̑к)
- (uncountable, Bosnia, Croatia) air
- Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia) vàzdūh
- (countable, Serbia) a ray, beam
- Synonym: (Bosnia, Croatia) zrȁka
- Vrh hridi crne trne zadnji rumeni zrak. ― Atop the black cliff the last crimson ray disappears.
Declension
Declension of zrak
Derived terms
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zorkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
zrak m inan (related adjective zrakový)
Declension
Declension of zrak
Derived terms
Further reading
- “zrak”, 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 *zorkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
zrȁk m inan
Inflection
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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. |
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | zràk | ||
| gen. sing. | zráka | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
zràk | zráka | zráki |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
zráka | zrákov | zrákov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
zráku | zrákoma | zrákom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
zràk | zráka | zráke |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
zráku | zrákih | zrákih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
zrákom | zrákoma | zráki |
Further reading
- “zrak”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran