obmena

Slovak

Etymology

Deverbal from obmeniť (to modify slightly).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔbmena/, [ˈɔbmena]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Hyphenation: ob‧me‧na

Noun

obmena f

  1. replacement, turnover, renewal (a partial or small change or substitution of people or things within a larger whole)
    Synonyms: výmena, obnovenie
    Plánujeme postupnú obmenu vozového parku a výpočtovej techniky.We are planning a gradual replacement of the vehicle fleet and computer equipment.
  2. variation, modification, version (a slightly changed form, appearance, or variant of something existing)
    Synonyms: modifikácia, variácia, variant, mutácia
    Skladateľ predstavil zaujímavú obmenu hlavnej hudobnej myšlienky.The composer presented an interesting variation of the main musical idea.

Declension

Declension of obmena
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeobmenaobmeny
genitiveobmenyobmien
dativeobmeneobmenám
accusativeobmenuobmeny
locativeobmeneobmenách
instrumentalobmenouobmenami

Further reading

  • obmena”, 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, 2003–2026