pijan

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Albanian

Etymology

From pije (drink), pije +‎ -an (equivalent to English drink + -er). See pi (I drink) and pije (drink) for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

pijan m (plural pijanë, definite pijani, definite plural pijanët)

  1. (colloquial) drinker (male)

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pi‧jan

Noun

pijan m anim (female equivalent pijanka)

  1. (colloquial) drinker, drunkard
    Synonyms: opilec, piják

Declension

Further reading

  • pijan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • pijan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • pijan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьjanъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǐjan/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧jan

Adjective

pìjan (Cyrillic spelling пѝјан, definite pìjanī, comparative pijaniji)

  1. drunk, intoxicated
    Kučko, ne pitaj me da li sam pijan. Ako sam budan, pijan sam.
    Bitch, don't ask me if I'm drunk. If I'm awake, I'm drunk.

Declension

Further reading

  • pijan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Etymology

From piť (to drink) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Noun

pijan m pers (genitive singular pijana, nominative plural pijani, genitive plural pijanov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a habitual drinker of alcohol, a drunk
    Synonyms: alkoholik, opilec, ožran

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pijan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024