земљотрес

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Nominalized form of зѐмља (“earth”) +‎ -о- +‎ тре̑сти (“shake”), calque of Latin terrae motus or German Erdbeben.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zêmʎotreːs/
  • Hyphenation: зем‧љо‧трес

Noun

зе̏мљотре̄с m (Latin spelling zȅmljotrēs)

  1. earthquake

Declension

Declension of земљотрес
singular plural
nominative земљотрес земљотреси
genitive земљотреса земљотреса
dative земљотресу земљотресима
accusative земљотрес земљотресе
vocative земљотресе земљотреси
locative земљотресу земљотресима
instrumental земљотресом земљотресима

References

  • Skok, Petar (1973) “земљотрес”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 650
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