slanina

See also: Slanina and slănină

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *solnina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslaɲɪna]
• Hyphenation: sla‧ni‧na

Noun

slanina f

1. bacon

   Slanina je bohatá na tuk.

   Bacon is rich in fat.

Declension

Declension of slanina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	slanina	slaniny
genitive	slaniny	slanin
dative	slanině	slaninám
accusative	slaninu	slaniny
vocative	slanino	slaniny
locative	slanině	slaninách
instrumental	slaninou	slaninami

Further reading

• “slanina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “slanina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “slanina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *solnina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slǎnina/
• Hyphenation: sla‧ni‧na

Noun

slànina f (Cyrillic spelling сла̀нина)

1. bacon
2. salo (salt-cured unrendered fatback, popular among Slavic peoples)

   Synonym: sapùnjara

Declension

Declension of slanina

	singular	plural
nominative	slanina	slanine
genitive	slanine	slanina
dative	slanini	slaninama
accusative	slaninu	slanine
vocative	slanino	slanine
locative	slanini	slaninama
instrumental	slaninom	slaninama

References

• “slanina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *solnina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslaɲina]

Noun

slanina f (relational adjective slaninový, diminutive slaninka)

1. bacon

Declension

Declension of slanina
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	slanina	slaniny
genitive	slaniny	slanín
dative	slanine	slaninám
accusative	slaninu	slaniny
locative	slanine	slaninách
instrumental	slaninou	slaninami

Further reading

• “slanina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solnina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slanìːna/

Noun

slanína f

1. bacon (cut of meat)

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
nominative	slanína
genitive	slaníne
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	slanína
genitive (rodȋlnik)	slaníne
dative (dajȃlnik)	slaníni
accusative (tožȋlnik)	slaníno
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	slaníni
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	slaníno

Further reading

• “slanina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025