струна

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *struna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstruna]

Noun

струна • (struna) f (plural струни)

1. horsehair
2. string (of a musical instrument)

   Synonym: жица (žica)

Derived terms

• струнар (strunar)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *struna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [strʊˈna]

• Audio:

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Noun

струна́ • (struná) f inan (genitive струны́, nominative plural стру́ны, genitive plural струн, relational adjective стру́нный)

1. a string (such as that of a musical instrument or a tennis racket)

   гита́рные стру́ны ― gitárnyje strúny ― guitar strings

2. (transferred sense) a major and relatively straight intra-city highway

   Synonym: хо́рда (xórda)

   Hypernyms: магистра́ль (magistrálʹ), автостра́да (avtostráda), автодоро́га (avtodoróga)

3. (figurative) a string of the human soul which is thought of as causing some emotion upon being touched
4. (physics) string (the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics)

Declension

Declension of струна́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	струна́ struná	стру́ны strúny
genitive	струны́ struný	стру́н strún
dative	струне́ struné	стру́нам strúnam
accusative	струну́ strunú	стру́ны strúny
instrumental	струно́й, струно́ю strunój, strunóju	стру́нами strúnami
prepositional	струне́ struné	стру́нах strúnax

Pre-reform declension of струна́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	струна́ struná	стру́ны strúny
genitive	струны́ struný	стру́нъ strún
dative	струнѣ́ struně́	стру́намъ strúnam
accusative	струну́ strunú	стру́ны strúny
instrumental	струно́й, струно́ю strunój, strunóju	стру́нами strúnami
prepositional	струнѣ́ struně́	стру́нахъ strúnax

Derived terms

• стру́ночка (strúnočka)

Further reading

• Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “струна”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *struna.

Noun

стру̏на f (Latin spelling strȕna)

1. string (of a musical instrument)
2. horse-hair

Declension

Declension of струна

	singular	plural
nominative	струна	струне
genitive	струне	струна
dative	струни	струнама
accusative	струну	струне
vocative	струно	струне
locative	струни	струнама
instrumental	струном	струнама

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *struna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [strʊˈna]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

струна́ • (struná) f inan (genitive струни́, nominative plural стру́ни, genitive plural струн, relational adjective стру́нний, diminutive стру́нка)

1. (music) string (segment of wire or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument)
2. (sports) string (length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet)
3. (figurative) a string of the human soul which is thought of as causing some emotion upon being touched
4. (physics) string (the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics)

Declension

Declension of струна́
(inan hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	струна́ struná	стру́ни strúny
genitive	струни́ struný	струн strun
dative	струні́ struní	стру́нам strúnam
accusative	струну́ strunú	стру́ни strúny
instrumental	струно́ю strunóju	стру́нами strúnamy
locative	струні́ struní	стру́нах strúnax
vocative	стру́но strúno	стру́ни strúny

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “струна”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “струна”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “струна”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “струна”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “струна”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “струна”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)