krv

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *kréwh₂s (“blood of a wound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kr̩̂ːʋ/

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Noun

kȓv f (Cyrillic spelling кр̑в)

1. (usually uncountable) blood
2. gore
3. (figuratively) descent, family

Declension

Declension of krv

	singular	plural
nominative	kȓv	kȓvi
genitive	kȑvi	kȓvi
dative	kȓvi	kȓvima
accusative	kȓv	kȓvi
vocative	kȓv	kȓvi
locative	kȓvi	kȓvima
instrumental	kȑvi / kȑvi	kȓvima

References

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

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian krv.

Noun

krv m

1. blood

Declension

Declension of krv (inan series-1b masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	krv	krva
genitive	krva	krv, krvi
dative	krvu	krvami, krvi
accusative	krv	krva
locative	krvu	krva
instrumental	krvom, krvam	krvami, krvi

References

• Antonietta Marra (2012), “Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases” in Morphologies in Contact.

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkru̯/

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Noun

krv f (genitive singular krvi)

1. blood

Declension

Declension of krv
(pattern kosť)

	singular	plural
nominative	krv	krvi
genitive	krvi	krví
dative	krvi	krviam
accusative	krv	krvi
locative	krvi	krviach
instrumental	krvou	krvami

Derived terms

• krvný
• krvička f
• krvácať

Further reading

• “krv”, 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