spona

See also: spóna, spöna, and spøna

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from sepnout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspona]

Noun

spona f

1. clip, clasp, buckle
2. (grammar) copula
3. (dance) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
4. (archaeology) fibula, brooch

Declension

Declension of spona (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	spona	spony
genitive	spony	spon
dative	sponě	sponám
accusative	sponu	spony
vocative	spono	spony
locative	sponě	sponách
instrumental	sponou	sponami

Related terms

• předpona
• přípona
• spončička
• sponečka
• sponka
• vpona

Further reading

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

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspoː.nɑ/

Noun

spōna

1. genitive/nominative/accusative plural of spōn

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъpona, derived from Proto-Slavic *sъpęti, from *sъ (“with”) +‎ *pęti (“to stretch”). Compare Slovene spona. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spôna/
• Hyphenation: spo‧na

Noun

spȍna f (Cyrillic spelling спо̏на)

1. (grammar) copular verb

   Synonym: kȍpula

2. connection, link, bond

Declension

Declension of spona

	singular	plural
nominative	spona	spone
genitive	spone	spona
dative	sponi	sponama
accusative	sponu	spone
vocative	spono	spone
locative	sponi	sponama
instrumental	sponom	sponama

Further reading

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