spona

See also: spóna, spöna, and spøna

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from sepnout.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspona]

Noun

spona f

  1. clip, clasp, buckle
  2. (grammar) copula
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  4. (archaeology) fibula, brooch

Declension

Further reading

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspoː.nɑ/

Noun

spōna

  1. genitive/nominative/accusative plural of spōn

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъpona, derived from Proto-Slavic *sъpęti, from *sъ (with) +‎ *pęti (to stretch). Compare Slovene spona. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spôna/
  • Hyphenation: spo‧na

Noun

spȍna f (Cyrillic spelling спо̏на)

  1. (grammar) copular verb
    Synonym: kȍpula
  2. connection, link, bond

Declension

Declension of spona
singular plural
nominative spona spone
genitive spone spona
dative sponi sponama
accusative sponu spone
vocative spono spone
locative sponi sponama
instrumental sponom sponama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016–2021) “spona”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 375

Further reading

  • spona”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025