prepona

See also: přepona

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perpona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prêpona/
• Hyphenation: pre‧po‧na

Noun

prȅpona f (Cyrillic spelling пре̏пона)

1. (usually in the plural) groin
2. hurdle, obstacle

Declension

Declension of prepona

	singular	plural
nominative	prepona	prepone
genitive	prepone	prepona
dative	preponi	preponama
accusative	preponu	prepone
vocative	prepono	prepone
locative	preponi	preponama
instrumental	preponom	preponama

Further reading

• “prepona”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perpona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛpóːna/

Noun

prepọ̑na f

1. (anatomy) diaphragm

   Synonym: diafragma

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.	prepona
gen. sing.	prepone
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	prepona	preponi	prepone
genitive (rodȋlnik)	prepone	prepon	prepon
dative (dajȃlnik)	preponi	preponama	preponam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	prepono	preponi	prepone
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	preponi	preponah	preponah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	prepono	preponama	preponami

Further reading

• “prepona”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024