slavuj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *solvьjь, whence also Russian солове́й (solovéj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slǎʋuːj/
• Hyphenation: sla‧vuj

Noun

slàvūj m anim (Cyrillic spelling сла̀вӯј)

1. nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) or thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)

   Slavuj iz Mrčajevaca ― The Nightingale from Mrčajevci (nickname of Miroslav Ilić)

Usage notes

The two species may be distinguished as mȃlī slàvūj (“nightingale”) and vèlikī slàvūj (“thrush nightingale”).

Declension

Declension of slavuj

	singular	plural
nominative	slàvūj	slavuji
genitive	slavúja	slavuja
dative	slavuju	slavujima
accusative	slavuja	slavuje
vocative	slavuju	slavuji
locative	slavuju	slavujima
instrumental	slavujem	slavujima

References

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