osnova

Czech

A musical osnova

Etymology

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Proto-Slavic *osnova

Old Czech osnova

Czech osnova

Inherited from Old Czech osnova, from Proto-Slavic *osnova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈosnova]

Noun

osnova f

1. (weaving) warp (threads)
2. (music) staff
3. outline

Declension

Declension of osnova (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	osnova	osnovy
genitive	osnovy	osnov
dative	osnově	osnovám
accusative	osnovu	osnovy
vocative	osnovo	osnovy
locative	osnově	osnovách
instrumental	osnovou	osnovami

Derived terms

• notová osnova f
• učební osnova f
• účtová osnova f

Further reading

• “osnova”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “osnova”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “osnova”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *osnova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôsnoʋa/

Noun

ȍsnova f (Cyrillic spelling о̏снова)

1. basis, foundation
2. (linguistics) stem (of a word)
3. (weaving) warp (threads)

Declension

Declension of osnova

	singular	plural
nominative	osnova	osnove
genitive	osnove	osnova
dative	osnovi	osnovama
accusative	osnovu	osnove
vocative	osnovo	osnove
locative	osnovi	osnovama
instrumental	osnovom	osnovama

Further reading

• “osnova”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026