chlieb

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

chlieb m (Cyrillic spelling цхлиеб)

1. Obsolete spelling of hljeb.

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. Compare Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʎi̯ep]

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Noun

chlieb m inan (related adjective chlebový, diminutive chlebík or chlebíček)

1. bread

Declension

Declension of chlieb (pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	chlieb	chleby
genitive	chleba	chlebov
dative	chlebu	chlebom
accusative	chlieb	chleby
locative	chlebe	chleboch
instrumental	chlebom	chlebmi

Further reading

• “chlieb”, 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, 2003–2024