kljun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kljunъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʎûːn/

Noun

kljȗn m (Cyrillic spelling кљу̑н)

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

Declension

Declension of kljun

	singular	plural
nominative	kljȗn	kljȕnovi
genitive	kljuna	kljunova
dative	kljunu	kljunovima
accusative	kljun	kljunove
vocative	kljune	kljunovi
locative	kljunu	kljunovima
instrumental	kljunom	kljunovima

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kljúːn/

Noun

kljȗn m inan

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

Inflection

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