jetra

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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 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

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

References
  • “jetra” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjèːtra/
  • Tonal orthography: jẹ́tra

Noun

jétra n pl (genitive jéter, plural only)

  1. liver (organ)

Declension
Declension of jétra (neuter, hard)
plural
nominative jétra
accusative jétra
genitive jéter
dative jétrom
locative jétrih
instrumental jétri
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