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)

  1. eel

Declension

References

  • jegulja” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Latin anguilla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛɡùːlja/

Noun

jegúlja f

  1. eel

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. jegúlja
gen. sing. jegúlje
singular dual plural
nominative jegúlja jegúlji jegúlje
accusative jegúljo jegúlji jegúlje
genitive jegúlje jegúlj jegúlj
dative jegúlji jegúljama jegúljam
locative jegúlji jegúljah jegúljah
instrumental jegúljo jegúljama jegúljami

Further reading

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