snaha

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech snaha, from Proto-Slavic *snaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsnaɦa]

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Noun

snaha f

1. effort

Declension

Declension of snaha (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	snaha	snahy
genitive	snahy	snah
dative	snaze	snahám
accusative	snahu	snahy
vocative	snaho	snahy
locative	snaze	snahách
instrumental	snahou	snahami

Derived terms

• snažit

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• snàja, snáša

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *snъxa, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snǎxa/
• Hyphenation: sna‧ha

Noun

snàha f (Cyrillic spelling сна̀ха)

1. daughter-in-law (wife of one's son)
2. sister-in-law (wife of one's brother)

Declension

Declension of snaha

	singular	plural
nominative	snàha	snahe
genitive	snahe	snáhā
dative	snàsi	snahama
accusative	snahu	snahe
vocative	snaho	snahe
locative	snàsi	snahama
instrumental	snahom	snahama

See also

• zet

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *snъxa, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snàːxa/

Noun

snáha f

1. daughter-in-law

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	snáha
gen. sing.	snáhe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	snáha	snáhi	snáhe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	snáhe	snáh	snáh
dative (dajȃlnik)	snáhi	snáhama	snáham
accusative (tožȋlnik)	snáho	snáhi	snáhe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	snáhi	snáhah	snáhah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	snáho	snáhama	snáhami

Further reading

• “snaha”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “snaha”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references