žolna

See also: żołna and żołną

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ̀ːʋna/

Noun

žółna f

1. woodpecker

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.	žôlna
gen. sing.	žôlne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	žôlna	žôlni	žôlne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	žôlne	žôln	žôln
dative (dajȃlnik)	žôlni	žôlnama	žôlnam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	žôlno	žôlni	žôlne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	žôlni	žôlnah	žôlnah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	žôlno	žôlnama	žôlnami

Further reading

• “žolna”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024