славуј

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slǎʋuːj/
  • Hyphenation: сла‧вуј

Noun

сла̀вӯј m anim (Latin spelling slàvūj)

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

Usage notes

The two species may be distinguished as ма̑лӣ сла̀вӯј (“nightingale”) and вѐликӣ сла̀вӯј (“thrush nightingale”).

Declension

Declension of славуј
singular plural
nominative сла̀вӯј славуји
genitive славу́ја славуја
dative славују славујима
accusative славуја славује
vocative славују славуји
locative славују славујима
instrumental славујем славујима

References

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