jegulja
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin anguilla. Partly by folk etymology; the end of the Latin source being interpreted as if representing the native feminine suffix -ulja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jěɡuʎa/
- Hyphenation: je‧gu‧lja
Noun
jègulja f (Cyrillic spelling јѐгуља)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jegulja | jegulje |
| genitive | jegulje | jegulja |
| dative | jegulji | jeguljama |
| accusative | jegulju | jegulje |
| vocative | jeguljo | jegulje |
| locative | jegulji | jeguljama |
| instrumental | jeguljom | jeguljama |
References
- “jegulja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɛɡùːlja/
Noun
jegúlja f
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | jegúlja | ||
| gen. sing. | jegúlje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
jegúlja | jegúlji | jegúlje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
jegúlje | jegúlj | jegúlj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
jegúlji | jegúljama | jegúljam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
jegúljo | jegúlji | jegúlje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
jegúlji | jegúljah | jegúljah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
jegúljo | jegúljama | jegúljami |
Further reading
- “jegulja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025