iskra

Polish

Alternative forms

• skra (literary)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьskra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈis.kra/

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Noun

iskra f (diminutive iskierka)

1. spark

Declension

Declension of iskra

	singular	plural
nominative	iskra	iskry
genitive	iskry	iskier
dative	iskrze	iskrom
accusative	iskrę	iskry
instrumental	iskrą	iskrami
locative	iskrze	iskrach
vocative	iskro	iskry

Further reading

• iskra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьskra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îskra/
• Hyphenation: is‧kra

Noun

ȉskra f (Cyrillic spelling и̏скра)

1. spark

Declension

Declension of iskra

	singular	plural
nominative	ȉskra	iskre
genitive	iskre	ȉskārā / ȉskrī
dative	iskri	iskrama
accusative	iskru	iskre
vocative	iskro	iskre
locative	iskri	iskrama
instrumental	iskrom	iskrama

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьskra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiskra/

Noun

iskra f (genitive singular iskry, nominative plural iskry, genitive plural iskier, declension pattern of žena)

1. spark

Declension

Declension of iskra

	singular	plural
nominative	iskra	iskry
genitive	iskry	iskier
dative	iskre	iskrám
accusative	iskru	iskry
locative	iskre	iskrách
instrumental	iskrou	iskrami

Further reading

• “iskra”, 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

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьskra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìːskra/

Noun

ískra f

1. spark

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	ískra
gen. sing.	ískre
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ískra	ískri	ískre
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ískre	ísker	ísker
dative (dajȃlnik)	ískri	ískrama	ískram
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ískro	ískri	ískre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ískri	ískrah	ískrah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ískro	ískrama	ískrami