žuna

See also: zuna and zunâ

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlna (“green woodpecker”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gilˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǔːna/

Noun

žuna f (Cyrillic spelling жуна)

  1. woodpecker
    Synonyms: dȅtlić, djȅtlić, djètao

Declension

Declension of žuna
singular plural
nominative žuna žune
genitive žune žunā
dative žuni žunama
accusative žunu žune
vocative žuno žune
locative žuni žunama
instrumental žunom žunama

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2021), “žuna”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume II: O – Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 626

Further reading

  • “žuna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
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