maslo

See also: máslo, masło, and масло

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin māsclus, contracted form of Latin māsculus (“male”).

Noun

maslo m (plural maslos)

1. male
   • c. 1200, La Fazienda de Ultramar, fol 11v

     Mando el Rey alas amas ebreas. Quando nasciesse el fijo maslo que lo matassen.

     The king commanded the Hebrew mistresses to kill the son when he was born a male.

Descendants

• Spanish: macho

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maslo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâslo/
• Hyphenation: mas‧lo

Noun

mȁslo n (Cyrillic spelling ма̏сло)

1. butter (rendered, melted or drawn), butter oil
2. something that is of bad quality

Declension

Declension of maslo

	singular	plural
nominative	maslo	masla
genitive	masla	masala / masla
dative	maslu	maslima
accusative	maslo	masla
vocative	maslo	masla
locative	maslu	maslima
instrumental	maslom	maslima

References

• “maslo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maslo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaslɔ]

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Noun

maslo n (related adjective maslový, diminutive masielko)

1. butter

Declension

Declension of maslo (pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	maslo	maslá
genitive	masla	masiel
dative	maslu	maslám
accusative	maslo	maslá
locative	masle	maslách
instrumental	maslom	maslami

Further reading

• “maslo”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maslo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màːslɔ/

Noun

máslo n

1. butter (soft foodstuff made from milk)

Declension

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.

Neuter, hard
nominative	máslo
genitive	másla
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	máslo
genitive (rodȋlnik)	másla
dative (dajȃlnik)	máslu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	máslo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máslu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	máslom

Further reading

• “maslo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024