slonica

See also: sloníča, słonica, and słonicą

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From slȍn +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slǒnit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: slo‧ni‧ca

Noun

slònica f (Cyrillic spelling сло̀ница)

1. female elephant

Declension

Declension of slonica

	singular	plural
nominative	slonica	slonice
genitive	slonice	slonica
dative	slonici	slonicama
accusative	slonicu	slonice
vocative	slonice	slonice
locative	slonici	slonicama
instrumental	slonicom	slonicama

Slovak

Etymology

From slon (“elephant”) +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɔɲit͡sa]

Noun

slonica f (male equivalent slon)

1. female elephant

Declension

Declension of slonica
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	slonica	slonice
genitive	slonice	sloníc
dative	slonici	sloniciam
accusative	slonicu	slonice
locative	slonici	sloniciach
instrumental	slonicou	slonicami

Further reading

• “slonica”, 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 slon +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɔnìːt͡sa/, /slɔ̀ːnit͡sa/

Noun

sloníca or slónica f (male equivalent slȍn)

1. female elephant

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.	sloníca
gen. sing.	sloníce
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sloníca	sloníci	sloníce
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sloníce	sloníc	sloníc
dative (dajȃlnik)	sloníci	slonícama	slonícam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sloníco	sloníci	sloníce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sloníci	slonícah	slonícah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sloníco	slonícama	slonícami

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.	slônica
gen. sing.	slônice
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	slônica	slônici	slônice
genitive (rodȋlnik)	slônice	slônic	slônic
dative (dajȃlnik)	slônici	slônicama	slônicam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	slônico	slônici	slônice
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	slônici	slônicah	slônicah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	slônico	slônicama	slônicami

Further reading

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