strava
See also: sträva
Czech
Alternative forms
- zdrava (dialectal)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъtrava.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstrava]
Noun
strava f (diminutive stravička)
Declension
Declension of strava (hard feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | strava | stravy |
| genitive | stravy | strav |
| dative | stravě | stravám |
| accusative | stravu | stravy |
| vocative | stravo | stravy |
| locative | stravě | stravách |
| instrumental | stravou | stravami |
Related terms
Further reading
- “strava”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “strava”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “strava”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Often claimed to be from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”). But if the sense is indeed "funeral feast", a derivation from Proto-Slavic *sъtrava (“food”) is much more probable.
Noun
strava f (genitive stravae); first declension
- a rite performed by the Huns, perhaps a monument of victory built of captured arms, or a funeral feast
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Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | strava | stravae |
| genitive | stravae | stravārum |
| dative | stravae | stravīs |
| accusative | stravam | stravās |
| ablative | stravā | stravīs |
| vocative | strava | stravae |
References
- “strava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- strava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- The World of the Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture. By J. Otto Maenchen-Helfen, edited by Max Knight. 1973, p. 425f., quoting the Getica (in translation)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Related to strȃh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strǎːʋa/
- Hyphenation: stra‧va
Noun
stráva f (Cyrillic spelling стра́ва)