slina

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See also: ślina and śliną

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech slina, from Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

Noun

slina f

  1. saliva

Declension

Declension of slina (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative slina sliny
genitive sliny slin
dative slině slinám
accusative slinu sliny
vocative slino sliny
locative slině slinách
instrumental slinou slinami

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈslina/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈslina/

Noun

slina f

  1. saliva

Declension

Declension of slina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative slina slině sliny
genitive sliny slinú slin
dative slině slinama slinám
accusative slinu slině sliny
vocative slino slině sliny
locative slině slinú slinách
instrumental slinú slinama slinami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: slina

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

Noun

slȉna f (Cyrillic spelling сли̏на)

  1. saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)
    Synonym: pljùvačka
  2. (Serbia) snot

Declension

Declension of slina
singular plural
nominative slȉna sline
genitive sline slȋnā
dative slini slinama
accusative slinu sline
vocative slino sline
locative slini slinama
instrumental slinom slinama

Further reading

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

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

Noun

slina f

  1. saliva

Declension

Declension of slina
singular plural
nominative slina sliny
genitive sliny slín
dative sline slinám
accusative slinu sliny
locative sline slinách
instrumental slinou slinami

Further reading

  • “slina”, 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

Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

Noun

slína f

  1. saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nominative slína
genitive slíne
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		slína
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		slíne
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		slíni
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		slíno
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		slíni
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		slíno

Further reading

  • “slina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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