krt

See also: krt.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъtъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkr̩t]
• Rhymes: -r̩t

Noun

krt m anim

1. (literary) mole (burrowing mammal of the family Talpidae)

   Synonym: krtek

Declension

Declension of krt (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	krt	krti
genitive	krta	krtů
dative	krtovi, krtu	krtům
accusative	krta	krty
vocative	krte	krti
locative	krtovi, krtu	krtech
instrumental	krtem	krty

Further reading

• “krt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “krt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Adverb

krt

1. Abbreviation of kertaa (“times”).

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъtъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

krt m animal

1. mole (burrowing mammal of the family Talpidae)

Declension

Declension of krt (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	krt	krty	krti, krtové
genitive	krta, krtu	krtú	krtóv
dative	krtu, krtovi	krtoma	krtóm
accusative	krt, krta	krty	krty
vocative	krte	krty	krti, krtové
locative	krtě, krtu, krtovi	krtú	krtiech
instrumental	krtem	krtoma	krty

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

Descendants

• Czech: krt

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kr̂t/
• Hyphenation: krt

• Audio (Central Serbia):

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Adjective

kȑt (Cyrillic spelling кр̏т, definite krti, comparative krći)

1. brittle

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krt	krta	krto
genitive		krta	krte	krta
dative		krtu	krtoj	krtu
accusative	inanimate animate	krt krta	krtu	krto
vocative		krt	krta	krto
locative		krtu	krtoj	krtu
instrumental		krtim	krtom	krtim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krti	krte	krta
genitive		krtih	krtih	krtih
dative		krtim(a)	krtim(a)	krtim(a)
accusative		krte	krte	krta
vocative		krti	krte	krta
locative		krtim(a)	krtim(a)	krtim(a)
instrumental		krtim(a)	krtim(a)	krtim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krti	krta	krto
genitive		krtog(a)	krte	krtog(a)
dative		krtom(u/e)	krtoj	krtom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	krti krtog(a)	krtu	krto
vocative		krti	krta	krto
locative		krtom(e/u)	krtoj	krtom(e/u)
instrumental		krtim	krtom	krtim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krti	krte	krta
genitive		krtih	krtih	krtih
dative		krtim(a)	krtim(a)	krtim(a)
accusative		krte	krte	krta
vocative		krti	krte	krta
locative		krtim(a)	krtim(a)	krtim(a)
instrumental		krtim(a)	krtim(a)	krtim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krći	krća	krće
genitive		krćeg(a)	krće	krćeg(a)
dative		krćem(u)	krćoj	krćem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	krći krćeg(a)	krću	krće
vocative		krći	krća	krće
locative		krćem(u)	krćoj	krćem(u)
instrumental		krćim	krćom	krćim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		krći	krće	krća
genitive		krćih	krćih	krćih
dative		krćim(a)	krćim(a)	krćim(a)
accusative		krće	krće	krća
vocative		krći	krće	krća
locative		krćim(a)	krćim(a)	krćim(a)
instrumental		krćim(a)	krćim(a)	krćim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najkrći	najkrća	najkrće
genitive		najkrćeg(a)	najkrće	najkrćeg(a)
dative		najkrćem(u)	najkrćoj	najkrćem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najkrći najkrćeg(a)	najkrću	najkrće
vocative		najkrći	najkrća	najkrće
locative		najkrćem(u)	najkrćoj	najkrćem(u)
instrumental		najkrćim	najkrćom	najkrćim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najkrći	najkrće	najkrća
genitive		najkrćih	najkrćih	najkrćih
dative		najkrćim(a)	najkrćim(a)	najkrćim(a)
accusative		najkrće	najkrće	najkrća
vocative		najkrći	najkrće	najkrća
locative		najkrćim(a)	najkrćim(a)	najkrćim(a)
instrumental		najkrćim(a)	najkrćim(a)	najkrćim(a)

References

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъtъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kr̩t]

Noun

krt m animal (relational adjective krtí or (rare) krtčí, diminutive krtko, augmentative krtisko)

1. mole (burrowing mammal of the family Talpidae)

Declension

Declension of krt (patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))

	singular	plural
nominative	krt	krty
genitive	krta	krtov
dative	krtovi	krtom
accusative	krta	krty
locative	krtovi	krtoch
instrumental	krtom	krtmi

Derived terms

• krtica
• krtinec

Further reading

• “krt”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krъtъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə́rt/

Noun

kȓt m anim

1. mole (burrowing mammal of the family Talpidae)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kŕt
gen. sing.	kŕta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kŕt	kŕta	kŕti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kŕta	kŕtov	kŕtov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kŕtu	kŕtoma	kŕtom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kŕta	kŕta	kŕte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kŕtu	kŕtih	kŕtih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kŕtom	kŕtoma	kŕti

Further reading

• “krt”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025