zrno

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zьrno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzr̩no]

Noun

zrno n

1. grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
2. grain (single seed of grain)

Synonyms

• (harvested seeds): zrní n
• (single seed of grain): zrnko n

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zьrno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zr̂no/
• Hyphenation: zr‧no

Noun

zȑno n (Cyrillic spelling зр̏но)

1. grain
2. kernel
3. bullet

Declension

Declension of zrno

	singular	plural
nominative	zȑno	zȑna
genitive	zȑna	zȓnā
dative	zrnu	zrnima
accusative	zrno	zrna
vocative	zrno	zrna
locative	zrnu	zrnima
instrumental	zrnom	zrnima

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zьrno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzr̩.no̞/
• Hyphenation: zr‧no

Noun

zrno n (genitive singular zrna, nominative plural zrná, genitive plural zŕn, declension pattern of mesto)

1. grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
2. grain (single seed of grain)

Declension

Declension of zrno

	singular	plural
nominative	zrno	zrná
genitive	zrna	zŕn
dative	zrnu	zrnám
accusative	zrno	zrná
locative	zrne	zrnách
instrumental	zrnom	zrnami

Synonyms

• (single seed of grain): zrnko n

Derived terms

• zrnový
• zrnko
• zrnkový
• zrniečko

Further reading

• “zrno”, 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