slonica

See also: sloníča, słonica, and słonicą

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From slȍn +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /slǒnit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: slo‧ni‧ca

Noun

slònica f (Cyrillic spelling сло̀ница)

  1. female elephant

Declension
Declension of slonica
singular plural
nominative slonica slonice
genitive slonice slonica
dative slonici slonicama
accusative slonicu slonice
vocative slonice slonice
locative slonici slonicama
instrumental slonicom slonicama

Slovak

Etymology

From slon (“elephant”) +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈslɔ.ni.t͡sa/

Noun

slonica f (masculine slon)

  1. female elephant

Declension
Declension of slonica
singular plural
nominative slonica slonice
genitive slonice sloníc
dative slonici sloniciam
accusative slonicu slonice
locative slonici sloniciach
instrumental slonicou slonicami

References
  • “slonica”, 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

Etymology

From slon +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /slɔnìːt͡sa/, /slɔ̀ːnit͡sa/

Noun

sloníca or slónica f (male equivalent slȍn)

  1. female elephant

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
nom. sing. sloníca
gen. sing. sloníce
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 sloníca sloníci sloníce
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 sloníce sloníc sloníc
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 sloníci slonícama slonícam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 sloníco sloníci sloníce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 sloníci slonícah slonícah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 sloníco slonícama slonícami
 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
nom. sing. slônica
gen. sing. slônice
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 slônica slônici slônice
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 slônice slônic slônic
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 slônici slônicama slônicam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 slônico slônici slônice
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 slônici slônicah slônicah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 slônico slônicama slônicami

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