strela

See also: strēla, strēlā, střela, Střela, and střěla

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese estrela. Cognate with Kabuverdianu strela.

Noun

strela

1. star

Ingrian

Strela.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian стрела (strela).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈstrelɑ/, [ˈs̠tre̞ɫɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈstrelɑ/, [ˈʃtre̞ɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -elɑ
• Hyphenation: stre‧la

Noun

strela

1. arrow
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 56:

     Höö evät pitäneet vaatetta, koit oltii tehty oksist ja lehtiist, oltii voruƶoitettu streloil ja kopjoil.

     They didn't wear any clothes, their homes were made of branches and leaves, they were armed with arrows and spears.

Declension

Declension of strela (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	strela	strelat
genitive	strelan	strelloin
partitive	strellaa	streloja
illative	strellaa	strelloi
inessive	strelas	strelois
elative	strelast	streloist
allative	strelalle	streloille
adessive	strelal	streloil
ablative	strelalt	streloilt
translative	strelaks	streloiks
essive	strelanna, strellaan	streloinna, strelloin
exessive1)	strelant	streloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• nooli

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese estrela.

Noun

strela

1. star

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̺tɾela/

Noun

strela f (plural strelas)

1. Alternative form of estrela
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 100 (facsimile):

     Santa maria / ſtrela do dia / moſtra nos uia / pera deus ⁊ nos guia.

     Holy Mary, / star of the daytime; / show us the way / towards God, and guide us.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• strijéla (Ijekavian)
• strila (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”).

Noun

stréla f (Cyrillic spelling стре́ла)

1. arrow

Declension

Declension of strela

	singular	plural
nominative	strela	strele
genitive	strele	strela
dative	streli	strelama
accusative	strelu	strele
vocative	strelo	strele
locative	streli	strelama
instrumental	strelom	strelama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstrela]

Noun

strela f (related adjective strelový)

1. bullet
2. shot

Declension

Declension of strela (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	strela	strely
genitive	strely	striel
dative	strele	strelám
accusative	strelu	strely
locative	strele	strelách
instrumental	strelou	strelami

Further reading

• “strela”, 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

From Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strèːla/

Noun

strẹ́la f

1. lightning (flash of light)

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	stréla
gen. sing.	stréle
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	stréla	stréli	stréle
genitive (rodȋlnik)	stréle	strél	strél
dative (dajȃlnik)	stréli	strélama	strélam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	strélo	stréli	stréle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	stréli	strélah	strélah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	strélo	strélama	strélami

Further reading

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