sekera

See also: Sekera and sěkera

Czech

Alternative forms

• sekyra

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sěkyra, sěkera, from Proto-Slavic *sěkyra, a variant of Proto-Slavic *sekyra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛkɛra]

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• Hyphenation: se‧ke‧ra

Noun

sekera f (diminutive sekerka)

1. axe, hatchet
2. (colloquial) unpaid debts

   Synonym: dluh

3. (ice hockey) slashing

   Synonym: sekání

Declension

Declension of sekera (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	sekera	sekery
genitive	sekery	seker
dative	sekeře	sekerám
accusative	sekeru	sekery
vocative	sekero	sekery
locative	sekeře	sekerách
instrumental	sekerou	sekerami

Related terms

adjectives

• sekerkový
• sekerový

nouns

• sekerárna
• sekerečka
• sekerenka
• sekerka
• sekernice
• sekernictví
• sekerník
• sekeromlat
• sekeřička

verbs

• plavat jako sekera
• vykopat válečnou sekeru
• zakopat válečnou sekeru

Further reading

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

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.

Proto-Slavic *sekyra

Lower Sorbian sekera

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sekyra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.kɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛkɛra
• Syllabification: se‧ke‧ra

Noun

sekera f (diminutive sekerka)

1. axe

Declension

Declension of sekera

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sekera	sekerje	sekery
Genitive	sekery	sekerowu	sekerow
Dative	sekerje	sekeroma	sekeram
Accusative	sekeru	sekerje	sekery
Instrumental	sekeru	sekeroma	sekerami
Locative	sekerje	sekeroma	sekerach

Further reading

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

Old Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.

Proto-Slavic *sekyra

Old Slovak sekera

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sekyra.

Noun

sekera f

1. axe

Descendants

• Pannonian Rusyn: шекера (šekera)
• Slovak: sekera

References

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “sekera”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.

Proto-Slavic *sekyra

Old Slovak sekera

Slovak sekera

Inherited from Old Slovak sekera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sekera/, [ˈsekera]
• Rhymes: -era
• Hyphenation: se‧ke‧ra

Noun

sekera f (diminutive sekerka or sekierka or sekerôčka)

1. axe

Declension

Declension of sekera
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	sekera	sekery
genitive	sekery	sekier
dative	sekere	sekerám
accusative	sekeru	sekery
locative	sekere	sekerách
instrumental	sekerou	sekerami

Further reading

• “sekera”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.

Proto-Slavic *sekyra

Upper Sorbian sekera

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sekyra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.kɛ.ʀa/
• Rhymes: -ɛkɛʀa
• Syllabification: se‧ke‧ra

Noun

sekera f (diminutive sekerka)

1. axe

Declension

Declension of sekera (feminine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sekera	sekerje	sekery
genitive	sekery	sekerow	sekerow
dative	sekerje	sekeromaj	sekeram
accusative	sekeru	sekerje	sekery
instrumental	sekeru	sekeromaj	sekerami
locative	sekerje	sekeromaj	sekerach
vocative	sekera	sekerje	sekery

References

• “sekera” in Soblex