slovenščina

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Slovene

Etymology

From slovénski +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɔʋèːnʃt͡ʃina/

Noun

slovẹ́nščina f

  1. Slovene, Slovenian (language)
    Slovenščina je južnoslovanski jezik z okoli 2,2 milijonoma govorcev po svetu, od katerih jih večina živi v Sloveniji.
    Slovenian is a South-Slavic language with around 2.2 million speakers in the world, of which the majority lives in Slovenia.

Usage notes

The noun form is generally used only as the subject of a sentence. In the predicate, the adverbial form slovénsko is used.

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 slovénščina
genitive slovénščine
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
slovénščina
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
slovénščine
dative
(dajȃlnik)
slovénščini
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
slovénščino
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
slovénščini
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
slovénščino

Further reading

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