zlato

Czech
Chemical element
Au
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech zlato, from Proto-Slavic *zolto. Compare Russian and Ukrainian золото (zoloto), Belarusian золата (zólata), Bulgarian and Macedonian злато (zlato), Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Slovak zlato, Polish, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, and Upper Sorbian złoto, Polabian zlåtă.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzlato]
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: zla‧to

Noun

zlato n (related adjective zlatý)

  1. gold
    Je to pravé zlato? ― Is it real gold?
  2. darling
  3. (heraldry) or, gold

Declension
Declension of zlato (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative zlato zlata
genitive zlata zlat
dative zlatu zlatům
accusative zlato zlata
vocative zlato zlata
locative zlatu, zlatě zlatech
instrumental zlatem zlaty

Derived terms

Further reading
  • zlato in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • zlato in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • zlato in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Alternative forms
  • zlatto

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zolto.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈzɫato/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈzlato/

Noun

zlato n

  1. gold

Declension
Declension of zlato (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative zlato zlatě zlata
genitive zlata zlatú zlat
dative zlatu zlatoma zlatóm
accusative zlato zlatě zlata
vocative zlato zlatě zlata
locative zlatě, zlatu zlatú zlatiech
instrumental zlatem zlatoma zlaty
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants
  • Czech: zlato

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zolto, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃tom (“gold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zlâːto/
  • Hyphenation: zla‧to

Noun

zlȃto n (Cyrillic spelling зла̑то)

  1. gold (metal)
    Moja ogrlica je od zlata. ― My necklace is made of gold.
  2. objects made of gold collectively
  3. (by extension) something precious or extremely valuable
  4. term of endearment; darling, dear

Declension
Declension of zlato
singular plural
nominative zlato zlata
genitive zlata zlata
dative zlatu zlatima
accusative zlato zlata
vocative zlato zlata
locative zlatu zlatima
instrumental zlatom zlatima

Derived terms

See also
SymbolPtAuAgFeAlSnCu
metalplatinazlatosrebroželjezoaluminijkalaj
kositar		bakar

Further reading
  • “zlato” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak
Chemical element
Au
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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zolto.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzlatɔ]

Noun

zlato n (genitive singular zlata, nominative plural zlatá, genitive plural zlát, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. gold (element)
  2. darling

Declension
Declension of zlato
singular plural
nominative zlato zlatá
genitive zlata zlát
dative zlatu zlatám
accusative zlato zlatá
locative zlate zlatách
instrumental zlatom zlatami

Derived terms
  • zlatko, zlatenko, zlatuško

Further reading
  • “zlato”, 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, 2024

Slovene
Chemical element
Au
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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zolto.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zlatóː/

Noun

zlatọ̑ n

  1. gold

Declension
First neuter declension (hard o-stem) , long mixed accent (singularia tantum)
nom. sing. zlatọ̑
gen. sing. zlatȃ
singular
nominative
imenovȃlnik		 zlatọ̑
genitive
rodȋlnik		 zlatȃ
dative
dajȃlnik		 zlȃtu, zlȃti
accusative
tožȋlnik		 zlatọ̑
locative
mẹ̑stnik		 zlȃtu, zlȃti
instrumental
orọ̑dnik		 zlȃtom
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)		 zlatọ̑

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