pelikan
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pelikany australijskie
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
pelikan c (singular definite pelikanen, plural indefinite pelikaner)
- pelican (seabird)
Inflection
Declension of pelikan
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pelikan | pelikanen | pelikaner | pelikanerne |
| genitive | pelikans | pelikanens | pelikaners | pelikanernes |
References
- “pelikan” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
pelikan m (definite singular pelikanen, indefinite plural pelikaner, definite plural pelikanene)
- a pelican (seabird)
References
- “pelikan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
pelikan m (definite singular pelikanen, indefinite plural pelikanar, definite plural pelikanane)
- a pelican (seabird)
References
- “pelikan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
pelikan m animal
- pelican, seabird of the family Pelecanidae
Declension
Declension of pelikan
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pelikan | pelikany |
| genitive | pelikana | pelikanów |
| dative | pelikanowi | pelikanom |
| accusative | pelikana | pelikany |
| instrumental | pelikanem | pelikanami |
| locative | pelikanie | pelikanach |
| vocative | pelikanie | pelikany |
Further reading
- pelikan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pelikan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Pelikan, from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).
Pronunciation
Noun
pelìkān m (Cyrillic spelling пелѝка̄н)
Declension
Declension of pelikan
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pelìkān | pelikáni |
| genitive | pelikána | pelikana |
| dative | pelikanu | pelikanima |
| accusative | pelikana | pelikane |
| vocative | pelikane | pelikani |
| locative | pelikanu | pelikanima |
| instrumental | pelikanom | pelikanima |
References
- “pelikan” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Noun
pelikan c
- pelican (seabird)
Declension
| Declension of pelikan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pelikan | pelikanen | pelikaner | pelikanerna |
| Genitive | pelikans | pelikanens | pelikaners | pelikanernas |
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
pelikan (definite accusative pelikanı, plural pelikanlar)