питон

Bulgarian

Африкански скален питон

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn, “serpentine monster from Greek mythology”), possibly from the same root as Ancient Greek πύθω (púthō, “to rot, to decay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [piˈtɔn]
• Rhymes: -ɔn

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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Noun

пито́н • (pitón) m

1. python (large constricting snake)

Inflection

Declension of пито́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	пито́н pitón	пито́ни pitóni
definite (subject form)	пито́нът pitónǎt	пито́ните pitónite
definite (object form)	пито́на pitóna
count form	—	пито́на pitóna

References

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpitɔn]

Noun

питон • (piton) m

1. python

Declension

Declension of питон

	singular	plural
indefinite	питон (piton)	питони (pitoni)
definite unspecified	питонот (pitonot)	питоните (pitonite)
definite proximal	питонов (pitonov)	питониве (pitonive)
definite distal	питонон (pitonon)	питонине (pitonine)
vocative	питону (pitonu)	питони (pitoni)
count form	—	питона (pitona)

Russian

Alternative forms

• пито́нъ (pitón), пѵто́нъ (pitón) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪˈton]

Noun

пито́н • (pitón) m anim (genitive пито́на, nominative plural пито́ны, genitive plural пито́нов)

1. python (constricting snake)

Declension

Declension of пито́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пито́н pitón	пито́ны pitóny
genitive	пито́на pitóna	пито́нов pitónov
dative	пито́ну pitónu	пито́нам pitónam
accusative	пито́на pitóna	пито́нов pitónov
instrumental	пито́ном pitónom	пито́нами pitónami
prepositional	пито́не pitóne	пито́нах pitónax

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐtoːn/
• Hyphenation: пи‧тон

Proper noun

пѝто̄н m inan (Latin spelling pìtōn)

1. python (constricting snake)

Declension

Declension of питон

	singular	plural
nominative	питон	питони
genitive	питона	питона
dative	питону	питонима
accusative	питон	питоне
vocative	питоне	питони
locative	питону	питонима
instrumental	питоном	питонима

References

• “питон”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026