zora

See also: Zora, zorá, and зора

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech zora, zořě, from Proto-Slavic *zořa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzora]

Noun

zora f

1. (poetic) dawn (the time when the sun rises)

   Synonyms: úsvit, svítání

Declension

Declension of zora (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	zora	zory
genitive	zory	zor
dative	zoře	zorám
accusative	zoru	zory
vocative	zoro	zory
locative	zoře	zorách
instrumental	zorou	zorami

Further reading

• “zora”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zora”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zořa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǒra/
• Hyphenation: zo‧ra

Noun

zòra f (Cyrillic spelling зо̀ра)

1. dawn (rising of the sun)

   Antonym: suton

Declension

Declension of zora

	singular	plural
nominative	zora	zore
genitive	zore	zora
dative	zori	zorama
accusative	zoru	zore
vocative	zoro	zore
locative	zori	zorama
instrumental	zorom	zorama

Derived terms

• zòrōm

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

zora (Cyrillic spelling зора)

1. genitive singular of zȏr

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zořa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɔra]

Noun

zora f (relational adjective zorový, diminutive zorička)

1. (chiefly in the plural) dawn (rising of the sun)

Declension

Declension of zora
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	zora	zore
genitive	zory	zôr
dative	zore	zorám
accusative	zoru	zore
locative	zore	zorách
instrumental	zorou	zorami

Further reading

• “zora”, 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zořa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ̀ːra/, /zóːra/

Noun

zóra or zọ̑ra f

1. dawn (rising of the sun)

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	zôra
gen. sing.	zôre
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zôra	zôri	zôre
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zôre	zôr	zôr
dative (dajȃlnik)	zôri	zôrama	zôram
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zôro	zôri	zôre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zôri	zôrah	zôrah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zôro	zôrama	zôrami

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	zóra
gen. sing.	zóre
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zóra	zóri	zóre
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zóre	zór	zór
dative (dajȃlnik)	zóri	zórama	zóram
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zóro	zóri	zóre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zóri	zórah	zórah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zóro	zórama	zórami