skromnost

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *sъkromьnъ

Czech skromný

Proto-Indo-European *-Hostis

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-astis

Proto-Slavic *-ostь

Old Czech -ost

Czech -ost

Czech skromnost

From skromný + -ost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈskromnost]

Noun

skromnost f

1. modesty

Declension

Declension of skromnost (i-stem feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	skromnost	skromnosti
genitive	skromnosti	skromností
dative	skromnosti	skromnostem
accusative	skromnost	skromnosti
vocative	skromnosti	skromnosti
locative	skromnosti	skromnostech
instrumental	skromností	skromnostmi

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrômnoːst/
• Hyphenation: skrom‧nost

Noun

skrȍmnōst f (Cyrillic spelling скро̏мно̄ст)

1. (uncountable) modesty, humbleness

Declension

Declension of skromnost

	singular
nominative	skromnost
genitive	skromnosti
dative	skromnosti
accusative	skromnost
vocative	skromnosti
locative	skromnosti
instrumental	skromnosti/skromnošću