храна

See also: храня

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xorna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xrɐˈna]

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• Rhymes: -na

Noun

храна́ • (hraná) f (diminutive храни́ца)

1. (uncountable) food, foodstuff, provisions; nourishment, nutrition

   храна за изпът ― hrana za izpǎt ― provisions for the journey

   храна за размисъл (idiom) ― hrana za razmisǎl ― food for thought

2. (uncountable) fodder (of stock animals), birdseed (of birds)

   храна за прасетата ― hrana za prasetata ― fodder for the pigs

3. (countable) meal
4. (in the plural) victuals, edibles

Declension

Declension of храна́

	singular	plural
indefinite	храна́ hraná	храни́ hraní
definite	храна́та hranáta	храни́те hraníte

Alternative forms

• ра́на (rána) — dialectal, with dropped #х-

Derived terms

verbs

• (iterative) хра́ня (hránja)

 

nouns

• захра́нка (zahránka)
• нахра́на (nahrána)
• охра́на (ohrána, “protection”)
• прехра́на (prehrána)

 

References

• “храна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “храна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “храна́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 508

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xorna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxrana]
• Rhymes: -ana

Noun

хра́на • (hrána) f

1. food

Declension

Declension of храна

	singular
indefinite	храна
definite unspecified	храната
definite proximal	хранава
definite distal	хранана
vocative	храно

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xorna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xrǎːna/
• Hyphenation: хра‧на
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

хра́на f (Latin spelling hrána)

1. food

Declension

Declension of храна

	singular	plural
nominative	храна	хране
genitive	хране	храна
dative	храни	хранама
accusative	храну	хране
vocative	храно	хране
locative	храни	хранама
instrumental	храном	хранама