vrana

See also: Vrana and vrána

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vorna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrâna/
• Hyphenation: vra‧na

Noun

vrȁna f (Cyrillic spelling вра̏на)

1. crow

Declension

Declension of vrana

	singular	plural
nominative	vrȁna	vrane
genitive	vrane	vrȃnā
dative	vrani	vranama
accusative	vranu	vrane
vocative	vrano	vrane
locative	vrani	vranama
instrumental	vranom	vranama

Adjective

vrana

1. inflection of vran:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

References

• “vrana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vorna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvrana/

Noun

vrana f (genitive singular vrany, nominative plural vrany, genitive plural vrán, declension pattern of žena)

1. crow

   vrana k vrane sadá — a crow sits down next to a crow (Slovak equivalent of birds of the feather flock together).

Declension

Declension of vrana

	singular	plural
nominative	vrana	vrany
genitive	vrany	vrán
dative	vrane	vranám
accusative	vranu	vrany
locative	vrane	vranách
instrumental	vranou	vranami

Derived terms

• vráňa n
• vraní
• vranka f

See also

• havran m
• krkavec m

References

• “vrana”, 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

Vrana

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vorna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋràːna/

Noun

vrána f

1. crow

   Synonym: vrȃn

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.	vrána
gen. sing.	vráne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vrána	vráni	vráne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vráne	vrán	vrán
dative (dajȃlnik)	vráni	vránama	vránam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vráno	vráni	vráne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vráni	vránah	vránah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vráno	vránama	vránami

Further reading

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