славей

From Proto-Slavic *solvьjь, from Proto-Slavic *solvъ (“beige, yellowish”) +‎ -ей (-ej).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɫavɛj]

сла́вей • (slávej) m (relational adjective славее́в, diminutive сла́вейче)

1. nightingale (passerine bird of genus Luscinia)

• сла́вий (slávij) — outdated

• се́верен славей (séveren slavej, “thrush nightingale, Luscinia luscinia”) (literally: northern nightingale)
• ю́жен славей (júžen slavej, “common nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos”) (literally: southern nightingale)

• “славей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “славей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010