соловей

Russian

Соловей поёт

Etymology

From Old East Slavic соловии (solovii), from Proto-Slavic *solvьjь, from *solvъ (“cream-colored”) +‎ *-ьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *saluo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səɫɐˈvʲej]

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Noun

солове́й • (solovéj) m anim (genitive соловья́, nominative plural соловьи́, genitive plural соловьёв)

1. nightingale

Declension

Declension of солове́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	солове́й solovéj	соловьи́ solovʹí
genitive	соловья́ solovʹjá	соловьёв solovʹjóv
dative	соловью́ solovʹjú	соловья́м solovʹjám
accusative	соловья́ solovʹjá	соловьёв solovʹjóv
instrumental	соловьём solovʹjóm	соловья́ми solovʹjámi
prepositional	соловье́ solovʹjé	соловья́х solovʹjáx

Derived terms

• солове́йко (solovéjko)
• солове́йчик (solovéjčik)
• соло́вушка (solóvuška)
• соловьи́ный (solovʹínyj)

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Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• соловій (solovij) — dialectal

Etymology

From Old East Slavic соловии (solovii), from Proto-Slavic *solvьjь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔɫɔˈʋɛi̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

1. nightingale

Derived terms

• солове́йко (solovéjko)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “соловей”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka