stroj

See also: strój

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech stroj, from Proto-Slavic *strojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstroj]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stroj

Noun

stroj m inan

  1. machine
    Synonym: mašina
    šicí strojsewing machine

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives

Descendants

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈstroj/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈstroj/

Noun

stroj m inan

  1. machine

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: stroj

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strôːj/

Etymology 1

Borrowed by Bogoslav Šulek from Czech stroj.

Noun

strȏj m inan or m anim (Cyrillic spelling стро̑ј)

  1. (inanimate) machine, engine
  2. (politics, inanimate) machine
  3. (inanimate) structure, subsystem (organized system of a larger whole)
  4. (animate, colloquial) machine (person who reacts mechanically)
Declension
inanimate
Declension of stroj
singular plural
nominative strȏj stròjevi
genitive strȍja stròjevā
dative stroju strojevima
accusative stroj strojeve
vocative stroju strojevi
locative stroju strojevima
instrumental strojem strojevima
animate
Declension of stroj
singular plural
nominative strȏj stròjevi
genitive strȍja stròjevā
dative stroju strojevima
accusative strȍja strojeve
vocative stroju strojevi
locative stroju strojevima
instrumental strojem strojevima
Derived terms

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strojь.

Noun

strȏj m inan (Cyrillic spelling стро̑ј)

  1. array
  2. (military) formation
Declension
Declension of stroj
singular plural
nominative strȏj stròjevi
genitive strȍja stròjevā
dative stroju strojevima
accusative stroj strojeve
vocative stroju strojevi
locative stroju strojevima
instrumental strojem strojevima

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [strɔj]

Noun

stroj m inan (relational adjective strojový or strojný, diminutive strojček or strojok, augmentative strojisko)

  1. machine (mechanical or electrical device)

Declension

Declension of stroj
(pattern stroj)
singularplural
nominativestrojstroje
genitivestrojastrojov
dativestrojustrojom
accusativestrojstroje
locativestrojistrojoch
instrumentalstrojomstrojmi

Derived terms

  • strojovo, strojove

Further reading

  • stroj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian stroj, which in turn is a borrowing from Czech.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strɔ́j/

Noun

strȍj m inan

  1. machine

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. stròj
gen. sing. strôja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
stròj strôja strôji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
strôja strôjev strôjev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
strôju strôjema strôjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
stròj strôja strôje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
strôju strôjih strôjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
strôjem strôjema strôji

Derived terms

References

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