prepona

See also: přepona

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perpona.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prêpona/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧po‧na

Noun

prȅpona f (Cyrillic spelling пре̏пона)

  1. (usually in the plural) groin
  2. hurdle, obstacle

Declension

Declension of prepona
singular plural
nominative prepona prepone
genitive prepone prepona
dative preponi preponama
accusative preponu prepone
vocative prepono prepone
locative preponi preponama
instrumental preponom preponama

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perpona.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɛpóːna/

Noun

prepọ̑na f

  1. (anatomy) diaphragm
    Synonym: diafragma

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.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. prepona
gen. sing. prepone
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
prepona preponi prepone
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
prepone prepon prepon
dative
(dajȃlnik)
preponi preponama preponam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
prepono preponi prepone
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
preponi preponah preponah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
prepono preponama preponami

Further reading

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