orao

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orьlъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *arélis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒrao/
• Hyphenation: o‧ra‧o

Noun

òrao m anim (Cyrillic spelling о̀рао, relational adjective òrlov or òrlovskī, diminutive òrlić, augmentative orlùšina)

1. eagle (bird)
2. (soccer, chiefly in plural) member of the Serbia national football team

Declension

Declension of orao

	singular	plural
nominative	òrao / órao	òrlovi / órlovi / órli (poetic, regional)
genitive	órla	ȍrlōvā / órlōvā / (ȍrālā poetic, regional)
dative	órlu	òrlovima / órlovima / órlima (poetic, regional)
accusative	órla	òrlove / órlove / órle (poetic, regional)
vocative	ȏrle	òrlovi / órlovi / ȏrli (poetic, regional)
locative	órlu	òrlovima / órlovima / órlima (poetic, regional)
instrumental	órlom	òrlovima / órlovima / órlima (poetic, regional)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

orao (Cyrillic spelling орао)

1. active past participle of orati