strela

From Portuguese estrela. Cognate with Kabuverdianu strela.

strela

1. star

Borrowed from Russian стрела (strela).

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

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 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.

• nooli

From Portuguese estrela.

strela

1. star

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̺tɾela/

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.

• strijéla (Ijekavian)
• strila (Ikavian)

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

stréla f (Cyrillic spelling стре́ла)

1. arrow

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈstrela]

strela f (related adjective strelový)

1. bullet
2. shot

• “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

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

• IPA^(key): /strèːla/

strẹ́la f

1. lightning (flash of light)

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

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