pokrov

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pokrovъ. Akin to Russian покро́в (pokróv), Polish pokrów, Macedonian покров (pokrov), Albanian pokrovë, Greek πορκόβα (porkóva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒkroʋ/
• Hyphenation: po‧krov

Noun

pòkrov m inan (Cyrillic spelling по̀кров)

1. cover, lid
2. shroud, winding cloth

Declension

    Declension of pokrov

	singular	plural
nominative	pokrov	pokrovi
genitive	pokrova	pokrova
dative	pokrovu	pokrovima
accusative	pokrov	pokrove
vocative	pokrovu	pokrovi
locative	pokrovu	pokrovima
instrumental	pokrovom	pokrovima

Related terms

• pòkriti

Descendants

• → Venetan: pocrovo

References

• “pokrov”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔkrɔ́ʋ/

Noun

pokrȍv m inan

1. cover (lid)

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
nom. sing.	pokròv
gen. sing.	pokrôva
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pokròv	pokrôva	pokrôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pokrôva	pokrôvov	pokrôvov
dative (dajȃlnik)	pokrôvu	pokrôvoma	pokrôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pokròv	pokrôva	pokrôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pokrôvu	pokrôvih	pokrôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pokrôvom	pokrôvoma	pokrôvi

Further reading

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