sarna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sarna"

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sarna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsar.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsaɾ.na]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Hyphenation: sar‧na

Noun

sarna f (plural sarnes)

1. (pathology) scabies, mange

   Synonym: ronya

Derived terms

• sarnós

Further reading

• “sarna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sarna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sarna”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Alternative forms

• sarne

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From Late Latin sarna, probably from Paleo-Hispanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾna̝/

Noun

sarna f (plural sarnas)

1. (pathology) scabies

   Synonym: raña

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 121:

     Auen aas uezes que eno collo et eno rrabo do Cauallo fazese sarna et proido que lle arriga da Reiz os cabellos et tanto o faz esfregar que se esfolla en todo.

     Sometimes in the neck and the tail of the horse there is scabies and itch that tear up the hairs by the roots, and made him rub so much that he even flays himself

Derived terms

• herba da sarna
• sarnento
• sarnoso

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sarna”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sarna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sarna”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sarna”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from an Iberian word.

Noun

sarna f (genitive sarnae); first declension

1. scabies, mange

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sarna	sarnae
genitive	sarnae	sarnārum
dative	sarnae	sarnīs
accusative	sarnam	sarnās
ablative	sarnā	sarnīs
vocative	sarna	sarnae

Synonyms

• scabies
• psōra

References

• "sarna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “sarna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sarna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Lower Sorbian

sarna

Alternative forms

• sarnja, serna (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrna. Cognate with Upper Sorbian sorna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsarna/

Noun

sarna f (male equivalent sarnik, diminutive sarnicka)

1. roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) (female or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of sarna

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sarna	sarnje	sarny
Genitive	sarny	sarnowu	sarnow
Dative	sarnje	sarnoma	sarnam
Accusative	sarnu	sarnje	sarny
Instrumental	sarnu	sarnoma	sarnami
Locative	sarnje	sarnoma	sarnach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “sarna”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “sarna”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Alternative forms

• sarnia (Malbork)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-néh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *śírˀnāˀ

Proto-Slavic *sьrna

Old Polish sarna

Polish sarna

Inherited from Old Polish sarna, from Proto-Slavic *sьrna.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsar.na/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kociewie) IPA^(key): [ˈsar.na]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arna
• Syllabification: sar‧na
• Homophone: Sarna

Noun

sarna f (male equivalent (dialectal) sár, diminutive sarenka)

1. roe deer (any member of the genus Capreolus)
2. (colloquial) Sarcodon imbricatus
3. (colloquial) Hydnum repandum

Declension

Declension of sarna

	singular	plural
nominative	sarna	sarny
genitive	sarny	saren/sarn
dative	sarnie	sarnom
accusative	sarnę	sarny
instrumental	sarną	sarnami
locative	sarnie	sarnach
vocative	sarno	sarny

Derived terms

adjectives

• sarni
• sarnięcy

nouns

• sarenka
• sarniak
• sarniątko
• sarniec
• sarnię
• sarnik
• sarnina
• sarniuk

Related terms

nouns

• krowa
• szerszeń

Descendants

• → Belarusian: са́рна (sárna)
• → Russian: сарна́ (sarná)
• → Ukrainian: са́рна (sárna)

Further reading

• “sarna”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “sarna”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Kazimierz Nitsch (1907), “sarna”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 392

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sarna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʁ.nɐ/ [ˈsaɦ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʁ.nɐ/ [ˈsaɦ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʁ.nɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɻ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʁ.na/ [ˈsaɦ.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾ.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: sar‧na

Noun

sarna f (plural sarnas)

1. (pathology) scabies; mange (an infestation of parasitic mites Sarcoptes scabiei)

   Synonym: escabiose

Derived terms

• procurar sarna pra se coçar
• sarnento

Noun

sarna m or f by sense (plural sarnas)

1. (colloquial) irritating person

Adjective

sarna m or f (plural sarnas)

1. (colloquial, of a person) irritating

Further reading

• “sarna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sarna”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sarna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sarna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾna/ [ˈsaɾ.na]
• Rhymes: -aɾna
• Syllabification: sar‧na

Noun

sarna f (uncountable)

1. scabies (an infestation of parasitic mites)
2. mange

Derived terms

• sarna con gusto no pica

Further reading

• “sarna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025