smrt

See also: smrť and Smrt

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech smrt, from Proto-Slavic *sъmьrtь. By surface analysis, s- +‎ mřít +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsmr̩t]

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• Hyphenation: smrt
• Rhymes: -r̩t

Noun

smrt f

1. death

   předčasná smrt ― premature death

   příčina smrti ― cause of death

   trest smrti ― death penalty

   výhrůžky smrtí ― death threats

   strach ze smrti ― fear of death

   náhlá smrt ― sudden death

Declension

Declension of smrt (mixed i-stem [type 'myš'] feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	smrt	smrti
genitive	smrti	smrtí
dative	smrti	smrtím
accusative	smrt	smrti
vocative	smrti	smrti
locative	smrti	smrtích
instrumental	smrtí	smrtmi

Related terms

• posmrtí
• smrtelný
• smrtihlav m
• smrtící
• smrtka f
• smrtonosný

Further reading

• “smrt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “smrt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “smrt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-

Proto-Balto-Slavic *su-

Proto-Slavic *sъ-

Proto-Indo-European *mer-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *mértis

Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirtís

Proto-Slavic *mьrtь

Proto-Slavic *sъmьrtь

Old Czech smrt

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъmьrtь. By surface analysis, s- +‎ mřieti +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsmr̩t/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsmr̩t/

Noun

smrt f

1. death

Declension

Declension of smrt (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	smrt	smrti	smrti
genitive	smrti	smrťú	smrtí
dative	smrti	smrtma	smrtem
accusative	smrt	smrti	smrti
vocative	smrti	smrti	smrti
locative	smrti	smrťú	smrtech
instrumental	smrťú	smrtma	smrtmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: smrt

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “smrt”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъmьrtь, from Pre-Slavic *su-mirtis (“natural death”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirtís, from Proto-Indo-European *mértis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smr̩̂t/

• Audio (Croatia):

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Noun

smȑt f (Cyrillic spelling смр̏т)

1. death

Declension

Declension of smrt

	singular	plural
nominative	smȑt	smȑti
genitive	smȑti	smr̀tī
dative	smȑti	smr̀tima
accusative	smȑt	smȑti
vocative	smȑti	smȑti
locative	smr̀ti	smr̀tima
instrumental	smȑću	smr̀tima

Derived terms

• besmrtan
• besmrtnica
• besmrtnički
• besmrtnik
• besmrtnost
• bled kao smrt
• blijed kao smrt
• boriti se na život i smrt
• gledati smrti u oči
• između života i smrti
• klinička smrt
• naći smrt
• pitanje života ili smrti
• smrt na dopustu
• smrtan
• smrtna kukuvija
• smrtna ptica
• smrtna sova
• smrtni
• smrtnica
• smrtnički
• smrtnik
• smrtnost
• smrtonosan
• smrtonosnost
• smrtovnica
• smrtožder
• uvrediti se do smrti
• uvrijediti se do smrti

See also

• mrtav

References

• Matea Birtić et al. (2012), “smrt”, in Školski rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [School Dictionary of the Croatian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje [Institute of the Croatian Language and Linguistics]; Školska knjiga
• “smrt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъmьrtь. First attested in the 10th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smə́rt/

Noun

smȓt f

1. death

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, i-stem
nom. sing.	smŕt
gen. sing.	smŕti
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	smŕt	smŕti	smŕti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	smŕti	smŕti	smŕti
dative (dajȃlnik)	smŕti	smŕtma	smŕtim
accusative (tožȋlnik)	smŕt	smŕti	smŕti
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	smŕti	smŕtih	smŕtih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	smŕtjo	smŕtma	smŕtmi

Further reading

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