sršen

See also: Srsen, Sršen, sršeň, and Sršeň

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• šršen, sršten

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-

Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀšṓ

Proto-Slavic *sьrxy

Old Czech sršen

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrxy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsr̩ʃɛn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsr̩ʃɛn/

Noun

sršen m animal

1. hornet

Declension

Declension of sršen (soft o-stem reducible irreg-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sršen	sršně	sršni, sršňové
genitive	sršně	sršňú	sršňóv
dative	sršňu, sršňovi	sršňoma	sršňóm
accusative	sršeň, sršně	sršně	sršně
vocative	sršňu	sršně	sršni, sršňové
locative	sršni, sršňu, sršňovi	sršňú	sršních
instrumental	sršňem	sršňoma	sršni

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: sršeň

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “sršen”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (stem *sьršen-), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀšṓ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s-. Cognate with Lithuanian širšė, Latin crābrō, English hornet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sərʃɛ́n/, /sərʃéːn/, /sə̀rʃɛn/

Noun

sršȅn or sršẹ̑n or sŕšen m anim

1. hornet

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 anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	sršèn
gen. sing.	sršéna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sršèn	sršéna	sršéni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sršéna	sršénov	sršénov
dative (dajȃlnik)	sršénu	sršénoma	sršénom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sršéna	sršéna	sršéne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sršénu	sršénih	sršénih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sršénom	sršénoma	sršéni

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 anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	sršén
gen. sing.	sršéna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sršén	sršéna	sršéni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sršéna	sršénov	sršénov
dative (dajȃlnik)	sršénu	sršénoma	sršénom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sršéna	sršéna	sršéne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sršénu	sršénih	sršénih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sršénom	sršénoma	sršéni

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 anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	sŕšen
gen. sing.	sršéna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sŕšen	sršéna	sršéni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sršéna	sršénov	sršénov
dative (dajȃlnik)	sršénu	sršénoma	sršénom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sršéna	sršéna	sršéne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sršénu	sršénih	sršénih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sršénom	sršénoma	sršéni

Further reading

• “sršen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “sršen”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references