srebro

Polish

Alternative forms

• srybło (Central Greater Poland)
• śrybło (Far Masovian)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish śrzebro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsrɛ.brɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbrɔ
• Syllabification: sre‧bro

Noun

Chemical element
Ag
Previous: pallad (Pd)
Next: kadm (Cd)

srebro n

1. silver

Declension

Declension of srebro

	singular
nominative	srebro
genitive	srebra
dative	srebru
accusative	srebro
instrumental	srebrem
locative	srebrze
vocative	srebro

Derived terms

adjectives

• posrebrzany
• srebrny
• srebrzysty

 

noun

• srebrnik

 

verbs

• posrebrzać
• srebrzyć
• srebrzyć się

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: срэ́бра (srébra)
• → Ukrainian: срі́бло (sríblo)

Further reading

• srebro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• srebro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrebro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /srěbro/
• Hyphenation: sre‧bro

Noun

srèbro n (Cyrillic spelling срѐбро)

1. (uncountable) silver

Declension

Declension of srebro

	singular
nominative	srebro
genitive	srebra
dative	srebru
accusative	srebro
vocative	srebro
locative	srebru
instrumental	srebrom

Derived terms

• srebrenjak
• srebrnjak
• srebrn

See also

Symbol	Pt	Au	Ag	Fe	Al	Sn	Cu
metal	platina	zlato	srebro	željezo	aluminij	kalaj kositar	bakar

Further reading

• “srebro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Chemical element
Ag
Previous: paládij (Pd)
Next: kádmij (Cd)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrebro. The lengthening of the accented vowel is probably by analogy from zlatọ̑.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /srɛbróː/
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: sre‧bro

Noun

srebrọ̑ n

1. silver

Inflection

First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , long mixed accent, special accent changes (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	srebrọ̑
gen. sing.	srebrȃ
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	srebrọ̑
genitive rodȋlnik	srebrȃ
dative dajȃlnik	srẹ̑bru, srẹ̑bri, srēbru, srēbri
accusative tožȋlnik	srebrọ̑
locative mẹ̑stnik	srẹ̑bru, srẹ̑bri, srēbru, srēbri
instrumental orọ̑dnik	srẹ̑brom
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	srebrọ̑

Further reading

• “srebro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “srebro”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references