hrbat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xrьbьtъ. Not related to Serbo-Croatian gȑba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xr̂bat/
• Hyphenation: hr‧bat

Noun

hȑbat m (Cyrillic spelling хр̏бат)

1. spine, backbone
2. ridge, crest (hill, mountain, wave)
3. spine (narrow, bound edge of a book)

Declension

Declension of hrbat

	singular	plural
nominative	hȑbat	hȑpti / hrptovi
genitive	hȑpta	hȑbātā / hr̀ptōvā
dative	hrptu	hrptima / hrptovima
accusative	hrbat	hrpte / hrptove
vocative	hrpte	hrpti / hrptovi
locative	hrptu	hrptima / hrptovima
instrumental	hrptom	hrptima / hrptovima

Further reading

• “hrbat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025