herna

From hra +‎ -na.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrna]
• Hyphenation: her‧na
• Rhymes: -ɛrna

herna f

1. casino, gambling house
2. playroom

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

Uncertain[1]; proposed derivations include:

• From a root common to Ancient Greek χοιράς (khoirás, “like a hog; rock”) and Ζάραξ (Zárax, “name of a mountain”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Cognates include Latin hīrtus (“rough, rude”) and horreō (“I tremble”).

herna f (genitive hernae); first declension

1. stone, rock

First-declension noun.

• herna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• herna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette