делфин

Azerbaijani

Noun

делфин (definite accusative делфини, plural делфинләр)

1. Cyrillic spelling of delfin (“dolphin”)

Declension

Declension of делфин

	singular	plural
nominative	делфин	делфинләр
definite accusative	делфини	делфинләри
dative	делфинә	делфинләрә
locative	делфиндә	делфинләрдән
ablative	делфиндән	делфинләрдән
definite genitive	делфинин	делфинләри

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Delphin from Latin delphinus from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of the previous δελφίς (delphís, “a dolphin”), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɛɫˈfin]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation^(key): дел‧фин

Noun

делфи́н • (delfín) m (relational adjective делфи́нов or делфи́нски)

1. dolphin (mammal)
2. (swimming) butterfly, dolphin kick

Declension

Declension of делфи́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	делфи́н delfín	делфи́ни delfíni
definite (subject form)	делфи́нът delfínǎt	делфи́ните delfínite
definite (object form)	делфи́на delfína
count form	—	делфи́на delfína
vocative form	делфи́не delfíne	делфи́ни delfíni

References

• “делфин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “делфин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛɫfin]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

делфин • (delfin) m (plural делфини, diminutive делфинче)

1. dolphin
2. (swimming) butterfly

Declension

Declension of делфин

	singular	plural
indefinite	делфин (delfin)	делфини (delfini)
definite unspecified	делфинот (delfinot)	делфините (delfinite)
definite proximal	делфинов (delfinov)	делфиниве (delfinive)
definite distal	делфинон (delfinon)	делфинине (delfinine)
vocative	делфину (delfinu)	делфини (delfini)
count form	—	делфина (delfina)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

дѐлфӣн m anim (Latin spelling dèlfīn)

1. dolphin (mammal)
2. (swimming) butterfly
3. (sports, chiefly in plural) member of the Serbia national water polo team

Declension

Declension of делфин

	singular	plural
nominative	дѐлфӣн	делфини
genitive	делфи́на	делфина
dative	делфину	делфинима
accusative	делфина	делфине
vocative	делфине	делфини
locative	делфину	делфинима
instrumental	делфином	делфинима