metla

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛtla]
  • Hyphenation: met‧la

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech metla, from Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Noun

metla f

  1. (literary) scourge
  2. (historical) rod (instrument of corporal punishment)
  3. whisk, balloon whisk
  4. (obsolete) broom
    Synonyms: pometlo, koště
Declension
Declension of metla (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative metla metly
genitive metly metel
dative metle metlám
accusative metlu metly
vocative metlo metly
locative metle metlách
instrumental metlou metlami

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

metla

  1. inflection of mést:
    1. feminine singular past active participle
    2. neuter plural past active participle

Further reading
  • metla in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • metla in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • metla in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian метла́ (metlá). Compare Ingrian metla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmetlɑ/, [ˈme̞t̪l̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -etlɑ
  • Syllabification(key): met‧la

Noun

metla (dialectal)

  1. Synonym of varpuluuta.

Declension
Inflection of metla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative metla metlat
genitive metlan metlojen
partitive metlaa metloja
illative metlaan metloihin
singular plural
nominative metla metlat
accusative nom. metla metlat
gen. metlan
genitive metlan metlojen
metlainrare
partitive metlaa metloja
inessive metlassa metloissa
elative metlasta metloista
illative metlaan metloihin
adessive metlalla metloilla
ablative metlalta metloilta
allative metlalle metloille
essive metlana metloina
translative metlaksi metloiksi
abessive metlatta metloitta
instructive — metloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of metla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative metlani metlani
accusative nom. metlani metlani
gen. metlani
genitive metlani metlojeni
metlainirare
partitive metlaani metlojani
inessive metlassani metloissani
elative metlastani metloistani
illative metlaani metloihini
adessive metlallani metloillani
ablative metlaltani metloiltani
allative metlalleni metloilleni
essive metlanani metloinani
translative metlakseni metloikseni
abessive metlattani metloittani
instructive — —
comitative — metloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative metlasi metlasi
accusative nom. metlasi metlasi
gen. metlasi
genitive metlasi metlojesi
metlaisirare
partitive metlaasi metlojasi
inessive metlassasi metloissasi
elative metlastasi metloistasi
illative metlaasi metloihisi
adessive metlallasi metloillasi
ablative metlaltasi metloiltasi
allative metlallesi metloillesi
essive metlanasi metloinasi
translative metlaksesi metloiksesi
abessive metlattasi metloittasi
instructive — —
comitative — metloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative metlamme metlamme
accusative nom. metlamme metlamme
gen. metlamme
genitive metlamme metlojemme
metlaimmerare
partitive metlaamme metlojamme
inessive metlassamme metloissamme
elative metlastamme metloistamme
illative metlaamme metloihimme
adessive metlallamme metloillamme
ablative metlaltamme metloiltamme
allative metlallemme metloillemme
essive metlanamme metloinamme
translative metlaksemme metloiksemme
abessive metlattamme metloittamme
instructive — —
comitative — metloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative metlanne metlanne
accusative nom. metlanne metlanne
gen. metlanne
genitive metlanne metlojenne
metlainnerare
partitive metlaanne metlojanne
inessive metlassanne metloissanne
elative metlastanne metloistanne
illative metlaanne metloihinne
adessive metlallanne metloillanne
ablative metlaltanne metloiltanne
allative metlallenne metloillenne
essive metlananne metloinanne
translative metlaksenne metloiksenne
abessive metlattanne metloittanne
instructive — —
comitative — metloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative metlansa metlansa
accusative nom. metlansa metlansa
gen. metlansa
genitive metlansa metlojensa
metlainsarare
partitive metlaansa metlojaan
metlojansa
inessive metlassaan
metlassansa		 metloissaan
metloissansa
elative metlastaan
metlastansa		 metloistaan
metloistansa
illative metlaansa metloihinsa
adessive metlallaan
metlallansa		 metloillaan
metloillansa
ablative metlaltaan
metlaltansa		 metloiltaan
metloiltansa
allative metlalleen
metlallensa		 metloilleen
metloillensa
essive metlanaan
metlanansa		 metloinaan
metloinansa
translative metlakseen
metlaksensa		 metloikseen
metloiksensa
abessive metlattaan
metlattansa		 metloittaan
metloittansa
instructive — —
comitative — metloineen
metloinensa

Anagrams

Ingrian
Metla.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian метла (metla). Compare Finnish metla.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmetlɑ/, [ˈme̞tɫ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmetlɑ/, [ˈme̞d̥ɫɑ]
  • Rhymes: -etl, -etlɑ
  • Hyphenation: met‧la

Noun

metla

  1. besom
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59:
      Lumiukko laahittii - kättee metla annettii,
      A snowman was made - a broom was given into its hand,

Declension
Declension of metla (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative metla metlat
genitive metlan metloin
partitive metlaa metloja
illative metlaa metloi
inessive metlaas metlois
elative metlast metloist
allative metlalle metloille
adessive metlaal metloil
ablative metlalt metloilt
translative metlaks metloiks
essive metlanna, metlaan metloinna, metloin
exessive1) metlant metloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Hypernyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mětla/
  • Hyphenation: met‧la

Noun

mètla f (Cyrillic spelling мѐтла)

  1. broom
  2. Osyris alba
    Synonyms: šćucica, žukvica

Declension
Declension of metla
singular plural
nominative mètla metle
genitive metle mȅtālā / mȅtlī
dative metli metlama
accusative metlu metle
vocative metlo metle
locative metli metlama
instrumental metlom metlama

Further reading
  • “metla” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “metla” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmetla]

Noun

metla f (genitive singular metly, nominative plural metly, genitive plural metál, metiel, declension pattern of žena)

  1. broom (the sweeping tool)
    Nová metla dobre metie. ― A new broom sweeps clean.
  2. whisk, balloon whisk

Declension
Declension of metla
singular plural
nominative metla metly
genitive metly metál, metiel
dative metle metlám
accusative metlu metly
locative metle metlách
instrumental metlou metlami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “metla”, 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, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛ̀ːtla/

Noun

métla f

  1. broom (for sweeping)

Inflection
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. mêtla
gen. sing. mêtle
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 mêtla mêtli mêtle
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 mêtle mêtel mêtel
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 mêtli mêtlama mêtlam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 mêtlo mêtli mêtle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 mêtli mêtlah mêtlah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 mêtlo mêtlama mêtlami

Further reading
  • “metla”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “metla”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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