metla

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech metla, from Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /metla/
  • Hyphenation: met‧la

Noun

metla f

  1. (literary) scourge
  2. (historical) rod (instrument of corporal punishment)
  3. whisk, balloon whisk
  4. (obsolete) broom
    Synonyms: pometlo, koště

Declension

Verb

metla

  1. feminine singular past participle of mést
  2. neuter plural past participle of mést

Further reading

  • metla in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • metla in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian метла (metla). Compare Ingrian metla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmetlɑ/, [ˈme̞t̪lɑ]
  • Rhymes: -etlɑ
  • Syllabification(key): met‧la

Noun

metla

  1. (dialectal) Synonym of varpuluuta.

Declension

Inflection of metla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative metla metlat
genitive metlan metlojen
partitive metlaa metloja
illative metlaan metloihin
singular plural
nominative metla metlat
accusative nom. metla metlat
gen. metlan
genitive metlan metlojen
metlainrare
partitive metlaa metloja
inessive metlassa metloissa
elative metlasta metloista
illative metlaan metloihin
adessive metlalla metloilla
ablative metlalta metloilta
allative metlalle metloille
essive metlana metloina
translative metlaksi metloiksi
instructive metloin
abessive metlatta metloitta
comitative metloineen
Possessive forms of metla (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person metlani metlamme
2nd person metlasi metlanne
3rd person metlansa

Anagrams


Ingrian

Metla.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian метла (metla). Compare Finnish metla.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: met‧la

Noun

metla

  1. besom
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59:
      Lumiukko laahittii - kättee metla annettii,
      A snowman was made - a broom was given into its hand,

Declension

Declension of metla (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative metla metlat
genitive metlan metloin
partitive metlaa metloja
illative metlaa metloi
inessive metlaas metlois
elative metlast metloist
allative metlalle metloille
adessive metlaal metloil
ablative metlalt metloilt
translative metlaks metloiks
essive metlanna, metlaan metloinna, metloin
exessive1) metlant metloint
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.

Hypernyms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mětla/
  • Hyphenation: met‧la

Noun

mètla f (Cyrillic spelling мѐтла)

  1. broom

Declension


Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛtɫa/

Noun

metla f (genitive singular metly, nominative plural metly, genitive plural metál, metiel, declension pattern of žena)

  1. broom (the sweeping tool)
    nová metla dobre metiea new broom sweeps clean
  2. whisk, balloon whisk

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • metla in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *metъla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ̀ːtla/

Noun

métla f

  1. broom (for sweeping)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. mêtla
gen. sing. mêtle
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
mêtla mêtli mêtle
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
mêtle mêtel mêtel
dative
(dajȃlnik)
mêtli mêtlama mêtlam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
mêtlo mêtli mêtle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
mêtli mêtlah mêtlah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
mêtlo mêtlama mêtlami

Further reading

  • metla”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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