čaplja

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čapľa.

Noun

čȁplja f (Cyrillic spelling ча̏пља)

  1. heron

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čapľa.

Pronunciation

Noun

čȃplja f

  1. heron

Inflection

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. čáplja
gen. sing. čáplje
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
čáplja čáplji čáplje
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
čáplje čápelj čápelj
dative
(dajȃlnik)
čáplji čápljama čápljam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
čápljo čáplji čáplje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
čáplji čápljah čápljah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
čápljo čápljama čápljami

Further reading

  • čaplja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024