strn

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stь̑rnь (“stubble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /str̩̂ːn/

Noun

stȓn f (Cyrillic spelling стр̑н)

1. stubble, what is left on the field after its being mowed down
   • 1875 December 11, Gospodarski list, volume 23, number 25, page 199:

     Pošto nam prošle godine, veli on, nije manjkalo radnih sila, dao sam veći diel strni odmah na polju pomoćju stroja izmlatiti, naročito ječam.

     Since the last years, he says, we haven’t been short of work force, I have authorized to ground the most part of the stubble on the field immediately with machine help, particularly the barley.

Declension

Declension of strn

	singular	plural
nominative	stȓn	stȑni
genitive	stȑni	stȑnī
dative	stȑni	stȑnima
accusative	stȓn	stȑni
vocative	stȑni	stȑni
locative	stȑni	stȑnima
instrumental	stȓnju	stȑnima

Derived terms

• stȓnī, str̀nī (“stubble-related”)
• strnjȉka, str̀njika (“stubble field”)
• strnika (“stubble field”)
• str̀njīk (“stubble field”), gen. strnjíka
• str̀nīk (“stubble field”), gen. strníka
• strnjȉna, strnjìna (“stubble field”)
• stȑnjīšte, str̀njīšte (“stubble field”)
• strnìca (“stubble field”)
• stȓnje (“stubble”)
• strnòkoc (“stubble field”)

Noun

stȓn m (Cyrillic spelling стр̑н)

1. alternative form of stȓn f

Declension

Declension of strn

	singular	plural
nominative	stȓn	str̀ni
genitive	str̀na	str̀nā
dative	str̀nu	str̀nima
accusative	stȓn	str̀ne
vocative	stȓne	str̀ni
locative	str̀nu	str̀nima
instrumental	str̀nom	str̀nima

References

• “strn”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Ћупић, Драго, Ћупић, Жељко (1997) “стр̑н”, in Речник говора Загарача (Српски диалектолошки зборник; 44), Belgrad, page 468
• “стр̑н”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, pages 31–32