strela

See also: střela, strēla, and strēlā

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese estrela. Cognates with Kabuverdianu strela.

Noun

strela

1. star

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese estrela.

Noun

strela

1. star

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Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̺tɾela/

Noun

strela f

1. Alternative form of estrela
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 100 (facsimile):

     Santa maria / ſtrela do dia / moſtra nos uia / pera deus ⁊ nos guia.

     Holy Mary, / star of the daytime; / show us the way / towards God, and guide us.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): strijéla
• (Ikavian): strila

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”).

Noun

stréla f (Cyrillic spelling стре́ла)

1. arrow

Declension

Declension of strela

	singular	plural
nominative	strela	strele
genitive	strele	strela
dative	streli	strelama
accusative	strelu	strele
vocative	strelo	strele
locative	streli	strelama
instrumental	strelom	strelama

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɛɫa/

Noun

strela f (genitive singular strely, nominative plural strely, genitive plural striel, declension pattern of žena)

1. bullet
2. shot

Declension

Declension of strela

	singular	plural
nominative	strela	strely
genitive	strely	striel
dative	strele	strelám
accusative	strelu	strely
locative	strele	strelách
instrumental	strelou	strelami

Further reading

• “strela”, 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, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strèːla/

Noun

strẹ́la f

1. lightning (flash of light)

Inflection

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	stréla
gen. sing.	stréle
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	stréla	stréli	stréle
genitive (rodȋlnik)	stréle	strél	strél
dative (dajȃlnik)	stréli	strélama	strélam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	strélo	stréli	stréle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	stréli	strélah	strélah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	strélo	strélama	strélami