jetra

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ętro, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entrom. The noun was originally of neuter gender in Proto-Slavic and Proto-Indo-European, but since it was chiefly used in plural (with the ending -a for neuters) it became remodeled as a feminine singular noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jêtra/
  • Hyphenation: jet‧ra

Noun

jȅtra f (Cyrillic spelling је̏тра)

  1. liver
    Synonym: džigerica

Declension

Declension of jetra
singular plural
nominative jȅtra jetre
genitive jetre jȅtārā / jȅtrī
dative jetri jetrama
accusative jetru jetre
vocative jetro jetre
locative jetri jetrama
instrumental jetrom jetrama

Further reading

  • “jetra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ętro, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entrom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jèːtra/

Noun

jẹ́tra n pl

  1. liver (organ)

Declension

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.
Neuter, hard
nominative jétra
genitive jéter
plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		jétra
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		jéter
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		jétrom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		jétra
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		jétrih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		jétri

Further reading

  • “jetra”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
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