strah

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *straxъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /strâːx/

Noun

strȃh m (Cyrillic spelling стра̑х)

  1. fear, dread
    (with je, with accusative, with infinitive) Strah ju je naći se s Rayom. ― She is afraid of meeting up with Ray. (literally, “It's a fear to her to meet up with Ray.”)
  2. (by extension) afraid, scared
    Je li te (uhvatio) strah? ― Are you afraid? [lit. Did fear (get) you?]
  3. terror

Declension
Declension of strah
singular plural
nominative strȃh strȁhovi
genitive straha strahova
dative strahu strahovima
accusative strah strahove
vocative strahu strahovi
locative strahu strahovima
instrumental strahom strahovima

References
  • “strah” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Anagrams

Slovene

Alternative forms
  • ſtrah (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *straxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *strākš-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stráːx/
  • Rhymes: -aːx
  • Hyphenation: strah

Noun

strȃh m inan

  1. fear
    Synonyms: bojazen, panika, plahota, pristrah, tesnoba
  2. (archaic) horror, unpleasantness[→SSKJ]
    Synonyms: groza, grozota, srh, prepast
    Strah je, če zapade dva metra snega. ― It is horrible if two meters of snow fall.
  3. phantom, ghost (a scary mythical creature)
    Synonyms: fantom, duhovina, strašilo, bavbav

Usage notes

To express that someone is scared, impersonal be is used:

  • Strah me je psov. ― I am scared of dogs. (literally, “There is fear of dogs to me.”)

See the usage notes under biti for more information.

Declension

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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular
nom. sing. strȃh
gen. sing. strahȗ
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik		 strȃh strahȏva strahȏvi
genitive
rodȋlnik		 strahȗ strahóv strahóv
dative
dajȃlnik		 strȃhu, strȃhi strahȏvoma, strahȏvama strahȏvom, strȃhȏvam
accusative
tožȋlnik		 strȃh strahȏva strahȏve
locative
mẹ̑stnik		 strȃhu, strȃhi strahȏvih strahȏvih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik		 strȃhom strahȏvoma, strahȏvama strahȏvi
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)		 strȃh strahȏva strahȏvi
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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , fixed accent
nom. sing. strȃh
gen. sing. strȃha
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik		 strȃh strahȏva strahȏvi
genitive
rodȋlnik		 strȃha strahóv strahóv
dative
dajȃlnik		 strȃhu, strȃhi strahȏvoma, strahȏvama strahȏvom, strȃhȏvam
accusative
tožȋlnik		 strȃh strahȏva strahȏve
locative
mẹ̑stnik		 strȃhu, strȃhi strahȏvih strahȏvih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik		 strȃhom strahȏvoma, strahȏvama strahȏvi
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)		 strȃh strahȏva strahȏvi

Derived terms
  • biti strah za stolček
  • biti v strahu
  • delati brez strahu
  • imeti strah
  • imeti v strahu
  • krtičji strah
  • krtov strah
  • naganjati strah v kosti
  • nagnati strah v kosti
  • napol mrtev od strahu
  • narediti brez strahu
  • narediti iz strahu
  • nočni strah
  • ostati za strah
  • poganjati strah v kosti
  • pognati strah v kosti
  • prestrášiti
  • strah ima velike oči
  • strah in groza
  • strah je sredi votel, okoli ga pa nič ni
  • strah leze v kosti
  • strašílo
  • strašīti
  • strašȃnski
  • strȃšən
  • suhi strah
  • ura strahov
  • ustrahováti
  • ustrášiti
  • videti povsod same strahove
  • videti strahove tam, kjer jih ni
  • vliti strah v kosti
  • vlivati strah v kosti
  • vzeti v strah
  • zastrašīti

See also
  • bati (“to fear”)
  • ostrekel

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