slina

See also: ślina and śliną

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech slina, from Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɪna]

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• Hyphenation: sli‧na
• Rhymes: -ɪna

Noun

slina f

1. saliva

Declension

Declension of slina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	slina	sliny
genitive	sliny	slin
dative	slině	slinám
accusative	slinu	sliny
vocative	slino	sliny
locative	slině	slinách
instrumental	slinou	slinami

Derived terms

• slinný

Related terms

• slinit
• slinivka
• slintat

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈslina/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈslina/

Noun

slina f

1. saliva

Declension

Declension of slina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	slina	slině	sliny
genitive	sliny	slinú	slin
dative	slině	slinama	slinám
accusative	slinu	slině	sliny
vocative	slino	slině	sliny
locative	slině	slinú	slinách
instrumental	slinú	slinama	slinami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: slina

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “slina”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slîna/

Noun

slȉna f (Cyrillic spelling сли̏на)

1. saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)

   Synonym: pljùvačka

2. (Serbia) snot

Declension

Declension of slina

	singular	plural
nominative	slȉna	sline
genitive	sline	slȋnā
dative	slini	slinama
accusative	slinu	sline
vocative	slino	sline
locative	slini	slinama
instrumental	slinom	slinama

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʎina]

Noun

slina f (relational adjective slinný or slinový, diminutive slinka)

1. saliva

Declension

Declension of slina
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	slina	sliny
genitive	sliny	slín
dative	sline	slinám
accusative	slinu	sliny
locative	sline	slinách
instrumental	slinou	slinami

Further reading

• “slina”, 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 *slina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slìːna/

Noun

slína f

1. saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)

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	slína
genitive	slíne
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	slína
genitive (rodȋlnik)	slíne
dative (dajȃlnik)	slíni
accusative (tožȋlnik)	slíno
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	slíni
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	slíno

Further reading

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