smer

• smjȇr (Ijekavian)

Borrowed by Bogoslav Šulek from Czech směr.

smȇr m inan (Cyrillic spelling сме̑р)

1. direction, course

Deverbal from *smieriť (“to head (somewhere)”), from Proto-Slavic *sъ- + *měriti.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /smer/, [ˈsmer]
• Rhymes: -er

smer m inan (relational adjective smerový)

1. direction (the intended line of movement toward a place or object)

   Synonym: kurz

   smer vetra ― wind direction

2. orientation, focus (the intended aim, focus, or trajectory of something developing)

   Synonyms: ráz, povaha, orientácia, kurz, prúd

   smer života ― life focus

3. trend, school (a set of principles, views, or style prevailing at a certain time)

   Synonyms: sloh, štýl

   filozofický smer ― philosophical school

• “smer”, 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

• IPA^(key): /sméːr/

smẹ̑r f

1. direction (indication of the point toward which an object is moving)