srpan
Appearance
Slovene
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, srp (“sickle”) + -an, referring to harvesting. Cognate with Polish sierpień (“August”) and Serbo-Croatian srpanj (“July”). First attested in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sŕpan m animacy unspecified
- (obsolete)
- mali traven ― July
- veliki traven ― August
Declension
[edit]| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | srpan | ||
| gen. sing. | srpana | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
srpan | srpana | srpani |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
srpana | srpanov | srpanov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
srpanu | srpanoma | srpanom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
srpan | srpana | srpane |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
srpanu | srpanih | srpanih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
srpanom | srpanoma | srpani |
Further reading
[edit]- “srpan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026
