skromen
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian skroman, from Czech skromný, from Proto-Slavic *sъkromьnъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skrɔ̀ːmən/
Adjective
skrómən (comparative skrómnejši, superlative nȁjskrómnejši)
- modest (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
Declension
| Hard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nom. sing. | skrômen | skrômna | skrômno |
| singular | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | skrômen ind skrômni def |
skrômna | skrômno |
| genitive | skrômnega | skrômne | skrômnega |
| dative | skrômnemu | skrômni | skrômnemu |
| accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
skrômno | skrômno |
| locative | skrômnem | skrômni | skrômnem |
| instrumental | skrômnim | skrômno | skrômnim |
| dual | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | skrômna | skrômni | skrômni |
| genitive | skrômnih | skrômnih | skrômnih |
| dative | skrômnima | skrômnima | skrômnima |
| accusative | skrômna | skrômni | skrômni |
| locative | skrômnih | skrômnih | skrômnih |
| instrumental | skrômnima | skrômnima | skrômnima |
| plural | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | skrômni | skrômne | skrômna |
| genitive | skrômnih | skrômnih | skrômnih |
| dative | skrômnim | skrômnim | skrômnim |
| accusative | skrômne | skrômne | skrômna |
| locative | skrômnih | skrômnih | skrômnih |
| instrumental | skrômnimi | skrômnimi | skrômnimi |
Further reading
- “skromen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025