strana

See also: страна

Czech

Alternative forms

• s. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech strana, from Proto-Slavic *storna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstrana]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stra‧na
• Rhymes: -ana

Noun

strana f

1. side
2. page (of a book)
3. party (in negotiation and litigation)
4. (politics) party

Declension

Declension of strana (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	strana	strany
genitive	strany	stran
dative	straně	stranám
accusative	stranu	strany
vocative	strano	strany
locative	straně	stranách
instrumental	stranou	stranami

Related terms

adjectives

• jednostranný
• mnohostranný
• nestranný
• oboustranný
• postranní
• stranický
• vícestranný
• všestranný

adverbs

• na druhou stranu

nouns

• dvojstrana
• dvoustrana
• protistrana
• stránka
• stránkování
• ústraní

verbs

• stranit

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstra.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: strà‧na

Adjective

strana

1. feminine singular of strano

Anagrams

• nastra, starna

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ster-der.

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Proto-Slavic *-nъ

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀ

Proto-Slavic *-a

Proto-Slavic *stornà

Old Czech strana

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stornà.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

strana f

1. side

   s obú stranú ― from both sides

2. page (of a book)
3. landscape

   Synonym: krajina

Declension

Declension of strana (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	strana	straně	strany
genitive	strany	stranú	stran
dative	straně	stranama	stranám
accusative	stranu	straně	strany
vocative	strano	straně	strany
locative	straně	stranú	stranách
instrumental	stranú	stranama	stranami

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

Descendants

• Czech: strana

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *storna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strǎːna/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stra‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

strána f (Cyrillic spelling стра́на)

1. side
2. party (in negotiation and litigation)
3. page (of a book)

   Synonym: stranica

Declension

Declension of strana

	singular	plural
nominative	strána	strȃne
genitive	stránē	stránā
dative	strȃni	strànama
accusative	strȃnu	strȃne
vocative	strȃno	strȃne
locative	stráni	strànama
instrumental	stránōm	strànama

Derived terms

• jednostran
• mnogostran
• nastran
• obostran
• pristran
• stran
• stranka
• stranputica
• stranstvovati
• stranjski
• svestran
• višestran

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *storna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strana/, [ˈstrana]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: stra‧na

Noun

strana f (relational adjective stranový, diminutive stránočka (“page”) or stranička (“party”))

1. side
2. page
3. party (participant in contract)
4. (politics) party

Declension

Declension of strana
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	strana	strany
genitive	strany	strán
dative	strane	stranám
accusative	stranu	strany
locative	strane	stranách
instrumental	stranou	stranami

Derived terms

• jednostranný
• obojstranný
• stranícky
• strániť (verb)
• stránka f

Further reading

• “strana”, 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