humno

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech humno, from Proto-Slavic *gumьno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦumno]
• Hyphenation: hum‧no

Noun

humno n

1. (dated) threshing floor

Declension

Declension of humno (hard neuter reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	humno	humna
genitive	humna	humen
dative	humnu	humnům
accusative	humno	humna
vocative	humno	humna
locative	humně	humnech
instrumental	humnem	humny

Further reading

• “humno”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “humno”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “humno”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gumьno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɣumno/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɦumno/

Noun

humno n

1. threshing floor

Declension

Declension of humno (hard o-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	humno	humně	humna
genitive	humna	humnú	humen
dative	humnu	humnoma	humnóm
accusative	humno	humně	humna
vocative	humno	humně	humna
locative	humně, humnu	humnú	humniech
instrumental	humnem	humnoma	humny

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: humno

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “humno”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gumьno.

Noun

humno n (relational adjective humenný, diminutive humience or humienko)

1. threshing floor

Descendants

• Slovak: humno

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “humno”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gumьno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦumnɔ]

Noun

humno m inan (relational adjective humnový, diminutive humienko or humience)

1. backyard
2. threshing floor
3. malthouse

Declension

Declension of humno (pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	humno	humná
genitive	humna	humien
dative	humnu	humnám
accusative	humno	humná
locative	humne	humnách
instrumental	humnom	humnami

Further reading

• “humno”, 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, 2003–2025