strela
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese estrela. Cognate with Kabuverdianu strela.
Noun
strela
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian стрела (strela).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈstrelɑ/, [ˈs̠tre̞ɫɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈstrelɑ/, [ˈʃtre̞ɫɑ]
- Rhymes: -elɑ
- Hyphenation: stre‧la
Noun
strela
- arrow
- 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 56:
- Höö evät pitäneet vaatetta, koit oltii tehty oksist ja lehtiist, oltii voruƶoitettu streloil ja kopjoil.
- They didn't wear any clothes, their homes were made of branches and leaves, they were armed with arrows and spears.
Declension
| Declension of strela (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | strela | strelat |
| genitive | strelan | strelloin |
| partitive | strellaa | streloja |
| illative | strellaa | strelloi |
| inessive | strelas | strelois |
| elative | strelast | streloist |
| allative | strelalle | streloille |
| adessive | strelal | streloil |
| ablative | strelalt | streloilt |
| translative | strelaks | streloiks |
| essive | strelanna, strellaan | streloinna, strelloin |
| exessive1) | strelant | streloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese estrela.
Noun
strela
Old Galician-Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈs̺tɾela/
Noun
strela f (plural strelas)
- alternative form of estrela
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 100 (facsimile):
- Santa maria / ſtrela do dia / moſtra nos uia / pera deus ⁊ nos guia.
- Holy Mary, / star of the daytime; / show us the way / towards God, and guide us.
- Santa maria / ſtrela do dia / moſtra nos uia / pera deus ⁊ nos guia.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strěːla/
- Hyphenation: stre‧la
Noun
stréla f (Cyrillic spelling стре́ла)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | strela | strele |
| genitive | strele | strela |
| dative | streli | strelama |
| accusative | strelu | strele |
| vocative | strelo | strele |
| locative | streli | strelama |
| instrumental | strelom | strelama |
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstrela]
Noun
strela f (relational adjective strelový)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | strela | strely |
| genitive | strely | striel |
| dative | strele | strelám |
| accusative | strelu | strely |
| locative | strele | strelách |
| instrumental | strelou | strelami |
Further reading
- “strela”, 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, 2003–2025
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strèːla/
Noun
strẹ́la f
- lightning (flash of light)
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | stréla | ||
| gen. sing. | stréle | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
stréla | stréli | stréle |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
stréle | strél | strél |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
stréli | strélama | strélam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
strélo | stréli | stréle |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
stréli | strélah | strélah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
strélo | strélama | strélami |
Further reading
- “strela”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025