kljun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kľunъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʎûːn/

Noun

kljȗn m inan (Cyrillic spelling кљу̑н)

1. bill, beak (of a bird)
2. bow (of a ship)

Declension

Declension of kljun

	singular	plural
nominative	kljȗn	kljȕnovi
genitive	kljȗna	kljunóvā
dative	kljȗnu	kljunòvima
accusative	kljȗn	kljȕnove
vocative	kljȗne	kljȕnovi
locative	kljúnu	kljunòvima
instrumental	kljȗnom	kljunòvima

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kľunъ. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kljúːn/

Noun

kljȗn m inan

1. beak (structure projecting from a bird's face)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kljún
gen. sing.	kljúna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kljún	kljúna	kljúni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kljúna	kljúnov	kljúnov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kljúnu	kljúnoma	kljúnom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kljún	kljúna	kljúne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kljúnu	kljúnih	kljúnih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kljúnom	kljúnoma	kljúni

Further reading

• “kljun”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kljun”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references