srebro

Polish

Alternative forms

• śrebro, srzebro, srzybro, strzebro, śrzebro, ślibro (Middle Polish)
• srybło (Central Greater Poland)
• śrybło (Far Masovian, Przemyśl)
• śrybro (Kielce)
• srebło, śrebło (Łowicz)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *sьrebrȍ

Old Polish śrzebro

Polish srebro

Inherited from Old Polish śrzebro.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsrɛ.brɔ/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈsrɛ.brɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbrɔ
• Syllabification: sre‧bro

Noun

Chemical element (edit)
Ag Atomic number 47 srebro
Classification data Period 5 Group 11 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← pallad (Pd)
Next: kadm (Cd) →

srebro n

1. silver

Declension

Declension of srebro

	singular
nominative	srebro
genitive	srebra
dative	srebru
accusative	srebro
instrumental	srebrem
locative	srebrze
vocative	srebro

Derived terms

adjectives

• posrebrzany
• srebrny
• srebrzysty

noun

• srebrnik

verbs

• posrebrzać
• srebrzyć
• srebrzyć się

Descendants

• → Belarusian: срэ́бра (srébra)
• → Ukrainian: срі́бло (sríblo)

Further reading

• “srebro”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “srebro”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “śrebro”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “SREBRO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 01.12.2018

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrebro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /srěbro/
• Hyphenation: sre‧bro

Noun

srèbro n (Cyrillic spelling срѐбро)

1. (uncountable) silver

Declension

Declension of srebro

	singular
nominative	srebro
genitive	srebra
dative	srebru
accusative	srebro
vocative	srebro
locative	srebru
instrumental	srebrom

Derived terms

• srebrenjak
• srebrnjak
• srebrn

See also

Symbol	Pt	Au	Ag	Fe	Al	Sn	Cu
metal	platina	zlato	srebro	željezo	aluminij	kalaj kositar	bakar

Further reading

• “srebro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Chemical element (edit)
Ag Atomic number 47 srebro
Classification data Period 5 Group 11 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← paladij (Pd)
Next: kadmij (Cd) →

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrebro. The lengthening of the accented vowel is probably by analogy from zlatọ̑.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /srɛbróː/
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: sre‧bro

Noun

srebrọ̑ n

1. silver

Declension

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , long mixed accent, special accent changes (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	srebrọ̑
gen. sing.	srebrȃ
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	srebrọ̑
genitive rodȋlnik	srebrȃ
dative dajȃlnik	srẹ̑bru, srẹ̑bri, srēbru, srēbri
accusative tožȋlnik	srebrọ̑
locative mẹ̑stnik	srẹ̑bru, srẹ̑bri, srēbru, srēbri
instrumental orọ̑dnik	srẹ̑brom
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	srebrọ̑

Further reading

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