zlato
Czech
    
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Au | |
| Previous: platina (Pt) | |
| Next: rtuť (Hg) | |
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]
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- Hyphenation: zla‧to
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
    
- kočičí zlato n
- není všechno zlato, co se třpytí
- zlatnictví n
- zlatník m
- zlatohlávek m
- zlatokop m
- zlaťák m
Related terms
    
- zlatý m
Serbo-Croatian
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Slavic *zolto, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃tom (“gold”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /zlâːto/
- Hyphenation: zla‧to
Noun
    
zlȃto n (Cyrillic spelling зла̑то)
- gold (metal)
- Moja ogrlica je od zlata. ― My necklace is made of gold.
 
- objects made of gold collectively
- (by extension) something precious or extremely valuable
- 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 | 
Slovak
    
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Au | |
| Previous: platina (Pt) | |
| Next: ortuť (Hg) | |
Etymology
    
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zolto.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈzɫatɔ/
Noun
    
zlato n (genitive singular zlata, nominative plural zlatá, genitive plural zlát, declension pattern of mesto)
Declension
    
Derived terms
    
- zlatko, zlatenko, zlatuško
Further reading
    
- zlato in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Slovene
    
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Au | |
| Previous: plátina (Pt) | |
| Next: žívo srebró (Hg) | |
Etymology
    
From Proto-Slavic *zolto.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /zlatóː/
Inflection
    
| Neuter, hard | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zlato | |
| genitive | zlata | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | zlato | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | — | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | — | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | — | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | zlatu | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | zlatom | |
Further reading
    
- “zlato”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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