славей

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Обикновен (южен) славей

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

сла́вей (slávejm (relational adjective славее́в, diminutive сла́вейче)

  1. nightingale (passerine bird of genus Luscinia)

Declension

Declension of сла́вей
singular plural
indefinite сла́вей
slávej
сла́веи
slávei
definite
(subject form)
сла́веят
slávejat
сла́веите
sláveite
definite
(object form)
сла́вея
sláveja
count form сла́вея
sláveja
vocative form сла́вею
sláveju
сла́веи
slávei

Alternative forms

Hyponyms

References

  • славей”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • славей”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010