krinka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from kriti. First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krîːnka/
  • Hyphenation: krin‧ka
  • Rhymes: -ŋka

Noun

krȋnka f (Cyrillic spelling кри̑нка)

  1. disguise
  2. mask

Declension

Declension of krinka
singular plural
nominative krȋnka krinke
genitive krinke krȋnka/krȋnkī
dative krȋnci/krȋnki krinkama
accusative krinku krinke
vocative krinko krinke
locative krȋnci/krȋnki krinkama
instrumental krinkom krinkama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016), “krȋnka”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I: A – Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 503

Further reading

  • krinka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kríːnka/

Noun

krȋnka f

  1. mask

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. krinka
gen. sing. krinke
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
krinka krinki krinke
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
krinke krink krink
dative
(dajȃlnik)
krinki krinkama krinkam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
krinko krinki krinke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
krinki krinkah krinkah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
krinko krinkama krinkami

Further reading

  • krinka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026