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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slina.
Pronunciation
Noun
слюна́ • (sljuná) f inan (genitive слюны́, uncountable, relational adjective слю́нный, diminutive слю́нка)
- saliva, spittle
1886, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Волк; English translation from Wolf, transl., (Please provide a date or year):«Скве́рно! — ду́мал Ни́лов, оття́гивая возмо́жно да́льше наза́д свою́ го́лову. — Слюна́ его́ попа́ла мне на губу́. Ста́ло быть, всё равно́ уже́ пропа́л, да́же е́сли и изба́влюсь от него́ каки́м-нибудь чу́дом».- «Skvérno! — dúmal Nílov, ottjágivaja vozmóžno dálʹše nazád svojú gólovu. — Sljuná jevó popála mne na gubú. Stálo bytʹ, vsjo ravnó užé propál, dáže jésli i izbávljusʹ ot nevó kakím-nibudʹ čúdom».
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