ječmen

See also: jěčmen

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jěčmen, from Proto-Slavic *ęčьmy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛt͡ʃmɛn]
• Hyphenation: ječ‧men

Noun

ječmen m inan (relational adjective ječmenný, diminutive ječmínek)

1. barley

Declension

Declension of ječmen (mixed masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	ječmen	ječmeny
genitive	ječmena, ječmene	ječmenů
dative	ječmenu, ječmeni	ječmenům
accusative	ječmen	ječmeny
vocative	ječmene	ječmeny
locative	ječmeně, ječmeni, ječmenu	ječmenech
instrumental	ječmenem	ječmeny

Derived terms

• ječmenář
• ječniště
• ječný

Further reading

• “ječmen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ječmen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ječmen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęčьmy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛ̀ːt͡ʃmɛn/

Noun

jéčmen m inan

1. barley

Declension

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.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	jêčmen
genitive	ječména
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	jêčmen
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ječména
dative (dajȃlnik)	ječménu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	jêčmen
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ječménu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ječménom

Further reading

• “ječmen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025