slom

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Back-formation from slòmiti, by analogy to lòmiti — lȏm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slôm/

Noun

slȍm m (Cyrillic spelling сло̏м)

1. breakdown, breakage
2. (figuratively) debacle, collapse, defeat (military, political, etc.)

Declension

Declension of slom

	singular	plural
nominative	slȍm	slòmovi
genitive	sloma	slomova
dative	slomu	slomovima
accusative	slom	slomove
vocative	slome	slomovi
locative	slomu	slomovima
instrumental	slomom	slomovima

Related terms

• slòmiti
• razlomak

References

• “slom”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024