kukavica

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kûkaʋit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ku‧ka‧vi‧ca

Noun

kȕkavica f or m anim (Cyrillic spelling ку̏кавица)

1. cuckoo
2. coward

   Majka kukavice ne plače. ― The mother of a coward does not cry.

Declension

Declension of kukavica

	singular	plural
nominative	kukavica	kukavice
genitive	kukavice	kukavica
dative	kukavici	kukavicama
accusative	kukavicu	kukavice
vocative	kukavico	kukavice
locative	kukavici	kukavicama
instrumental	kukavicom	kukavicama

Further reading

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

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kùːkaʋit͡sa/

Noun

kúkavica f

1. cuckoo (bird)

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kúkavica
gen. sing.	kúkavice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kúkavica	kúkavici	kúkavice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kúkavice	kúkavic	kúkavic
dative (dajȃlnik)	kúkavici	kúkavicama	kúkavicam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kúkavico	kúkavici	kúkavice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kúkavici	kúkavicah	kúkavicah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kúkavico	kúkavicama	kúkavicami

Further reading

• “kukavica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026