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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *solvьjь, whence also Russian солове́й (solovéj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slǎʋuːj/
- Hyphenation: sla‧vuj
Noun
slàvūj m (Cyrillic spelling сла̀вӯј)
- nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) or thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
Usage notes
The two species may be distinguished as mȃlī slàvūj (“nightingale”) and vèlikī slàvūj (“thrush nightingale”).
Declension
References
- “slavuj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024