strah

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *straxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strâːx/

Noun

strȃh m (Cyrillic spelling стра̑х)

1. fear, dread

   (with je, with accusative, with infinitive) Strah ju je naći se s Rayom. ― She is afraid of meeting up with Ray. (literally, “It's a fear to her to meet up with Ray.”)

2. (by extension) afraid, scared

   Je li te (uhvatio) strah? ― Are you afraid? [lit. Did fear (get) you?]

3. terror

Declension

Declension of strah

	singular	plural
nominative	strȃh	strȁhovi
genitive	straha	strahova
dative	strahu	strahovima
accusative	strah	strahove
vocative	strahu	strahovi
locative	strahu	strahovima
instrumental	strahom	strahovima

References

• “strah”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Anagrams

• hrast

Slovene

Alternative forms

• ſtrah (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *straxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *strākš-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stráːx/
• Rhymes: -aːx
• Hyphenation: strah

Noun

strȃh m inan

1. fear

   Synonyms: bojazen, panika, plahota, pristrah, tesnoba

2. (archaic) horror, unpleasantness^[→SSKJ]

   Synonyms: groza, grozota, srh, prepast

   Strah je, če zapade dva metra snega. ― It is horrible if two meters of snow fall.

3. phantom, ghost (a scary mythical creature)

   Synonyms: fantom, duhovina, strašilo, bavbav

Usage notes

To express that someone is scared, impersonal be is used:

• Strah me je psov. ― I am scared of dogs. (literally, “There is fear of dogs to me.”)

See the usage notes under biti for more information.

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular
nom. sing.	strȃh
gen. sing.	strahȗ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	strȃh	strahȏva	strahȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	strahȗ	strahóv	strahóv
dative dajȃlnik	strȃhu, strȃhi	strahȏvoma, strahȏvama	strahȏvom, strȃhȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	strȃh	strahȏva	strahȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	strȃhu, strȃhi	strahȏvih	strahȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	strȃhom	strahȏvoma, strahȏvama	strahȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	strȃh	strahȏva	strahȏvi

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	strȃh
gen. sing.	strȃha
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	strȃh	strahȏva	strahȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	strȃha	strahóv	strahóv
dative dajȃlnik	strȃhu, strȃhi	strahȏvoma, strahȏvama	strahȏvom, strȃhȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	strȃh	strahȏva	strahȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	strȃhu, strȃhi	strahȏvih	strahȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	strȃhom	strahȏvoma, strahȏvama	strahȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	strȃh	strahȏva	strahȏvi

Derived terms

• biti strah za stolček
• biti v strahu
• delati brez strahu
• imeti strah
• imeti v strahu
• krtičji strah
• krtov strah
• naganjati strah v kosti
• nagnati strah v kosti
• napol mrtev od strahu
• narediti brez strahu
• narediti iz strahu
• nočni strah
• ostati za strah
• poganjati strah v kosti
• pognati strah v kosti
• prestrášiti
• strah ima velike oči
• strah in groza
• strah je sredi votel, okoli ga pa nič ni
• strah leze v kosti
• strašȃnski
• strȃšən
• strašílo
• strašīti
• suhi strah
• ura strahov
• ustrahováti
• ustrášiti
• videti povsod same strahove
• videti strahove tam, kjer jih ni
• vliti strah v kosti
• vlivati strah v kosti
• vzeti v strah
• zastrašīti

 

See also

• bati (“to fear”)
• ostrekel

Further reading

• “strah”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “strah”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references