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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin anguilla. Partly by folk etymology; the end of the Latin source being interpreted as if representing the native feminine suffix -ulja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jěɡuʎa/
- Hyphenation: je‧gu‧lja
Noun
jègulja f (Cyrillic spelling јѐгуља)
- eel
Declension
References
- “jegulja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Latin anguilla.
Pronunciation
Noun
jegúlja f
- eel
Inflection
Further reading
- “jegulja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024