grlo

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъrdlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡr̂lo/
• Hyphenation: gr‧lo

Noun

gȑlo n (Cyrillic spelling гр̏ло)

1. (anatomy) throat
2. (anatomy) front of the neck
3. narrow part of an object, especially if it narrows to an opening; neck
4. defile, narrow pass or gorge
5. single large domestic ungulate; head (of cattle) or single horse

Declension

Declension of grlo

	singular	plural
nominative	gȑlo	gȑla
genitive	gȑla	gȓlā
dative	grlu	grlima
accusative	grlo	gȑla
vocative	grlo	gȑla
locative	grlu	grlima
instrumental	grlom	grlima

Derived terms

• gr̀len

Further reading

• “grlo” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gъrdlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡə̀rlɔ/

Noun

gŕlo n

1. (anatomy) throat

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.	gŕlo
gen. sing.	gŕla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gŕlo	gŕli	gŕla
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gŕla	gŕl	gŕl
dative (dajȃlnik)	gŕlu	gŕloma	gŕlom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gŕlo	gŕli	gŕla
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gŕlu	gŕlih	gŕlih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gŕlom	gŕloma	gŕli

Further reading

• “grlo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “grlo”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references