sršen

See also: sršeň and Sršen

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (stem *sьršen-), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śiršō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s-. Cognate with Lithuanian širšė, Latin crābrō, English hornet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sərʃɛ́n/, /sərʃéːn/, /sə̀rʃɛn/

Noun

sršȅn or sršẹ̑n or sŕšen m anim

1. hornet

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.	sršèn
gen. sing.	sršéna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sršèn	sršéna	sršéni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sršéna	sršénov	sršénov
dative (dajȃlnik)	sršénu	sršénoma	sršénom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sršéna	sršéna	sršéne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sršénu	sršénih	sršénih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sršénom	sršénoma	sršéni

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.	sršén
gen. sing.	sršéna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sršén	sršéna	sršéni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sršéna	sršénov	sršénov
dative (dajȃlnik)	sršénu	sršénoma	sršénom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sršéna	sršéna	sršéne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sršénu	sršénih	sršénih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sršénom	sršénoma	sršéni

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.	sŕšen
gen. sing.	sršéna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sŕšen	sršéna	sršéni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sršéna	sršénov	sršénov
dative (dajȃlnik)	sršénu	sršénoma	sršénom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sršéna	sršéna	sršéne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sršénu	sršénih	sršénih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sršénom	sršénoma	sršéni

Further reading

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