slina

See also: ślina and śliną

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈslɪna]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sli‧na
  • Rhymes: -ɪna

Noun

slina f

  1. saliva

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Descendants

  • Czech: slina

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slîna/

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), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʎina]

Noun

slina f (relational adjective slinný or slinový, diminutive slinka)

  1. saliva

Declension

Declension of slina
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeslinasliny
genitiveslinyslín
dativeslineslinám
accusativeslinusliny
locativeslineslinách
instrumentalslinouslinami

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, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slìːna/

Noun

slína f

  1. saliva (liquid secreted into the mouth)

Declension

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 (in Slovene), 2014–2025