stroj

See also: strój

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *strojь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stroj/

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Noun

stroj m inan

1. machine

   Synonym: mašina

Derived terms

• hodinový stroj
• jednoduchý stroj
• kladkostroj
• ohňostroj
• parní stroj
• strojárna
• strojek
• strojírenský
• strojní
• strojový
• tiskový stroj

Descendants

• Serbo-Croatian strȏj

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strôːj/

Etymology 1

Borrowed by Bogoslav Šulek from Czech stroj.

Noun

strȏj m (Cyrillic spelling стро̑ј)

1. machine, engine
2. adjuster

Declension

Declension of stroj

	singular	plural
nominative	strȏj	stròjevi
genitive	strȍja	stròjevā
dative	stroju	strojevima
accusative	stroj	strojeve
vocative	stroju	strojevi
locative	stroju	strojevima
instrumental	strojem	strojevima

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *strojь.

Noun

strȏj m (Cyrillic spelling стро̑ј)

1. array
2. (military) formation

Declension

Declension of stroj

	singular	plural
nominative	strȏj	stròjevi
genitive	strȍja	stròjevā
dative	stroju	strojevima
accusative	stroj	strojeve
vocative	stroju	strojevi
locative	stroju	strojevima
instrumental	strojem	strojevima

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɔj/

Noun

stroj m (genitive singular stroja, nominative plural stroje, genitive plural strojov, declension pattern of stroj)

1. machine (mechanical or electrical device)

Declension

Declension of stroj

	singular	plural
nominative	stroj	stroje
genitive	stroja	strojov
dative	stroju	strojom
accusative	stroj	stroje
locative	stroji	strojoch
instrumental	strojom	strojmi

Derived terms

• strojový
• strojovo, strojove
• strojný
• strojček

Further reading

• “stroj”, 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

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian stroj, which in turn is a borrowing from Czech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɔ́j/

Noun

strȍj m inan

1. machine

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.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	stròj
gen. sing.	strôja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	stròj	strôja	strôji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	strôja	strôjev	strôjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	strôju	strôjema	strôjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	stròj	strôja	strôje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	strôju	strôjih	strôjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	strôjem	strôjema	strôji

Derived terms

• strôjček
• strôjen

References

• “stroj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran