srpan

Slovene

Etymology

By surface analysis, srp (“sickle”) +‎ -an, referring to harvesting. Cognate with Polish sierpień (“August”) and Serbo-Croatian srpanj (“July”). First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə̀rpan/

Noun

sŕpan m animacy unspecified

  1. (obsolete)
    mali traven ― July
    veliki traven ― August

Declension

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Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. srpan
gen. sing. srpana
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		srpan srpana srpani
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		srpana srpanov srpanov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		srpanu srpanoma srpanom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		srpan srpana srpane
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		srpanu srpanih srpanih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		srpanom srpanoma srpani

Further reading

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