zrno

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech zrno, from Proto-Slavic *zьrno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzr̩no]

Noun

zrno n

1. grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

   Synonym: zrní n

2. grain (single seed of grain)

   Synonym: zrnko n

Declension

Declension of zrno (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	zrno	zrna
genitive	zrna	zrn
dative	zrnu	zrnům
accusative	zrno	zrna
vocative	zrno	zrna
locative	zrně, zrnu	zrnech
instrumental	zrnem	zrny

Related terms

adjectives

• zrnitý
• zrnožravý

 

nouns

• zrnění
• zrní
• zrníčko
• zrnko
• zrnožravec
• zrnožrout

 

Further reading

• zrno in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• zrno in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• zrno in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zьrno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zr̂no/
• Hyphenation: zr‧no

Noun

zȑno n (Cyrillic spelling зр̏но)

1. grain
2. kernel
3. bullet

Declension

Declension of zrno

	singular	plural
nominative	zȑno	zȑna
genitive	zȑna	zȓnā
dative	zrnu	zrnima
accusative	zrno	zrna
vocative	zrno	zrna
locative	zrnu	zrnima
instrumental	zrnom	zrnima

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)

1. grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
2. grain (single seed of grain)

   Synonym: zrnko n

Declension

Declension of zrno

	singular	plural
nominative	zrno	zrná
genitive	zrna	zŕn
dative	zrnu	zrnám
accusative	zrno	zrná
locative	zrne	zrnách
instrumental	zrnom	zrnami

Derived terms

• zrnový
• zrnko
• zrnkový
• zrniečko

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, 2024