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Ukrainian
Etymology
From слон (slon) + -о́вий (-óvyj). Compare Russian слоно́вый (slonóvyj), Belarusian слано́вы (slanóvy), Polish słoniowy.
Pronunciation
Adjective
слоно́вий • (slonóvyj)
- (relational) elephant (attributive), elephantine, elephant's
- (relational, chess) bishop (attributive)
Declension
Declension of слоно́вий (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “слоновий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “слоновий”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “слоновий”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “слоновий”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “слоновий”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “слоновий”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)