herna

See also: herňa and hérna

Czech

Etymology

From hra +‎ -na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrna]
• Hyphenation: her‧na
• Rhymes: -ɛrna

Noun

herna f

1. casino, gambling house
2. playroom

Declension

Declension of herna (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	herna	herny
genitive	herny	heren
dative	herně	hernám
accusative	hernu	herny
vocative	herno	herny
locative	herně	hernách
instrumental	hernou	hernami

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; proposed derivations include:

• From a root common to Ancient Greek χοιράς (khoirás, “like a hog; rock”) and Ζάραξ (Zárax, “name of a mountain”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Cognates include Latin hīrtus (“rough, rude”) and horreō (“I tremble”).

Noun

herna f (genitive hernae); first declension

1. stone, rock

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	herna	hernae
Genitive	hernae	hernārum
Dative	hernae	hernīs
Accusative	hernam	hernās
Ablative	hernā	hernīs
Vocative	herna	hernae

References

• herna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• herna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.