strava
See also: sträva
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sъtrava.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstrava]
Noun
strava f
- diet (food a person or animal consumes)
- board, meals (regular meals)
- Synonym: stravování
Declension
Declension of strava
| 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
- strávit
- stravenka
- stravovací
- stravování
- stravovat
- strávník
Further reading
- strava in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- strava in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- strava in Internetová jazyková příručka
Latin
Alternative forms
- straba
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.
| Case | 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)
- horror, dread
Declension
Declension of strava
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | strava | strave |
| genitive | strave | strava |
| dative | stravi | stravama |
| accusative | stravu | strave |
| vocative | stravo | strave |
| locative | stravi | stravama |
| instrumental | stravom | stravama |