славуј

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solvьjь, whence also Russian соловей (solovéj).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

сла̀вӯј m (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

References

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