strela

See also: strēla, strēlā, střela, Střela, and střěla

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese estrela. Cognate with Kabuverdianu strela.

Noun

strela

  1. star

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

  1. 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

  1. star

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̺tɾela/

Noun

strela f (plural strelas)

  1. alternative form of estrela

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)

  1. arrow

Declension

Declension of strela
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)

  1. bullet
  2. shot

Declension

Declension of strela
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativestrelastrely
genitivestrelystriel
dativestrelestrelám
accusativestrelustrely
locativestrelestrelách
instrumentalstreloustrelami

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

  1. lightning (flash of light)

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. 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