požar

See also: pozar, pożar, and požár

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *požarъ. Equivalent to po- +‎ žar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôʒaːr/
• Hyphenation: po‧žar

Noun

pȍžār m (Cyrillic spelling по̏жа̄р)

1. fire (occurrence of fire in a certain place)

Declension

Declension of požar

	singular	plural
nominative	požar	požari
genitive	požara	požara
dative	požaru	požarima
accusative	požar	požare
vocative	požaru / požare	požari
locative	požaru	požarima
instrumental	požarom	požarima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *požarъ. Equivalent to po- +‎ žár, from Proto-Slavic *žarъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer(m) (“warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔʒáːr/
• Hyphenation: po‧žar

Noun

požȃr m inan

1. fire (occurrence of fire in a certain place or instance, such as an electrical fire or a brush fire)

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.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	požár
gen. sing.	požára
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	požár	požára	požári
genitive (rodȋlnik)	požára	požárov	požárov
dative (dajȃlnik)	požáru	požároma	požárom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	požár	požára	požáre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	požáru	požárih	požárih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	požárom	požároma	požári

Related terms

• požáren
• ôgenj
• žár

Further reading

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