Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ętro, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entrom. The noun was originally of neuter gender in Proto-Slavic and Proto-Indo-European, but since it was chiefly used in plural (with the ending -a for neuters) it became remodeled as a feminine singular noun.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jêtra/
  • Hyphenation: jet‧ra

Noun

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jȅtra f (Cyrillic spelling је̏тра)

  1. liver
    Synonym: džigerica

Declension

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References

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  • jetra” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *ętro, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entrom.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jẹ́tra n pl

  1. liver (organ)

Inflection

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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.
Neuter, hard
nominative jétra
genitive jéter
plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
jétra
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
jéter
dative
(dajȃlnik)
jétrom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
jétra
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
jétrih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
jétri

Further reading

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  • jetra”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran