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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech zrno, from Proto-Slavic *zьrno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.
Pronunciation
Noun
zrno n
- grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
- Synonym: zrní n
- grain (single seed of grain)
- Synonym: zrnko n
Declension
Declension of zrno (hard neuter)
Further reading
- “zrno”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “zrno”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “zrno”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zьrno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zr̂no/
- Hyphenation: zr‧no
Noun
zȑno n (Cyrillic spelling зр̏но)
- grain
- kernel
- bullet
Declension
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “zȑno”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 609
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zьrno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzr̩.nɔ/
- Hyphenation: zr‧no
Noun
zrno n (genitive singular zrna, nominative plural zrná, genitive plural zŕn, declension pattern of mesto)
- grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
- grain (single seed of grain)
- Synonym: zrnko n
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “zrno”, 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, 2003–2024