славуј
Appearance
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *solvьjь, whence also Russian солове́й (solovéj).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]сла̀вӯј m anim (Latin spelling slàvūj)
- nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) or thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
- Славуј из Мрчајеваца ― The Nightingale from Mrčajevci (nickname of Miroslav Ilić)
Usage notes
[edit]The two species may be distinguished as ма̑лӣ сла̀вӯј (“nightingale”) and вѐликӣ сла̀вӯј (“thrush nightingale”).
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | сла̀вӯј | славуји |
| genitive | славу́ја | славуја |
| dative | славују | славујима |
| accusative | славуја | славује |
| vocative | славују | славуји |
| locative | славују | славујима |
| instrumental | славујем | славујима |
References
[edit]- “славуј”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
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