geslo

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed by Bogoslav Šulek from Czech heslo, from Proto-Slavic *gъslo. If the word were to directly descend from Proto-Slavic into Serbo-Croatian, the resulting word would be *gaslo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡêslo/

Noun

gȅslo n (Cyrillic spelling ге̏сло)

1. motto, slogan

   Synonyms: paróla, krilàtica, slògān, lòzīnka

Declension

Declension of geslo

	singular	plural
nominative	gȅslo	gesla
genitive	gesla	gesala / gesla
dative	geslu	geslima
accusative	geslo	gesla
vocative	geslo	gesla
locative	geslu	geslima
instrumental	geslom	geslima

References

• “geslo” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech heslo, from Proto-Slavic *gъslo. If the word were to directly come from Proto-Slavic into Slovene, the result would be read as /'gəslo/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̀ːslɔ/

Noun

géslo n

1. password

Inflection

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.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	gêslo
gen. sing.	gêsla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gêslo	gêsli	gêsla
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gêsla	gêsel	gêsel
dative (dajȃlnik)	gêslu	gêsloma	gêslom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gêslo	gêsli	gêsla
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gêslu	gêslih	gêslih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gêslom	gêsloma	gêsli

Further reading

• “geslo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran