kukavica
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kûkaʋit͡sa/
- Hyphenation: ku‧ka‧vi‧ca
Noun
kȕkavica f or m (Cyrillic spelling ку̏кавица)
- cuckoo
- coward
- Majka kukavice ne plače.
Declension
Declension of kukavica
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kukavica | kukavice |
| genitive | kukavice | kukavica |
| dative | kukavici | kukavicama |
| accusative | kukavicu | kukavice |
| vocative | kukavico | kukavice |
| locative | kukavici | kukavicama |
| instrumental | kukavicom | kukavicama |
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kùːkaʋit͡sa/
Noun
kúkavica f
- cuckoo (bird)
Inflection
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | kúkavica | ||
| gen. sing. | kúkavice | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | kúkavica | kúkavici | kúkavice |
| accusative | kúkavico | kúkavici | kúkavice |
| genitive | kúkavice | kúkavic | kúkavic |
| dative | kúkavici | kúkavicama | kúkavicam |
| locative | kúkavici | kúkavicah | kúkavicah |
| instrumental | kúkavico | kúkavicama | kúkavicami |
Further reading
- “kukavica”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran