greben

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *grebenь. Cognates include Czech hřeben.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrêbeːn/
• Hyphenation: gre‧ben

Noun

grȅbēn m (Cyrillic spelling гре̏бе̄н)

1. reef
2. crest, range (of a mountain), particularly if steep
3. withers (of a horse)
4. (textiles) card

Declension

Declension of greben

	singular	plural
nominative	greben	grebeni
genitive	grebena	grebena
dative	grebenu	grebenima
accusative	greben	grebene
vocative	grebene	grebeni
locative	grebenu	grebenima
instrumental	grebenom	grebenima

Descendants

• Greek: Γρεβενά n pl (Grevená, “Grevena”)
• → Romanian: greabăn

Participle

greben (Cyrillic spelling гребен)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of grepsti

References

• Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut