žlna

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

žlna f (Cyrillic spelling жлна)

1. Obsolete spelling of žuna.

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒlna]

Noun

žlna f (related adjective žlní)

1. green woodpecker (Picus viridis)

Declension

Declension of žlna (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	žlna	žlny
genitive	žlny	žlien
dative	žlne	žlnám
accusative	žlnu	žlny
locative	žlne	žlnách
instrumental	žlnou	žlnami

Further reading

• “žlna”, 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, 2003–2024