слюни

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slina, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic слина (slina), Bulgarian слю́на (sljúna), Czech slina, Polish ślina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈs⁽ʲ⁾lʲʉnʲɪ]

Noun

слю́ни • (sljúni) m inan pl (genitive слюне́й, plural only, diminutive слю́нки)

1. (colloquial) saliva, drool

Declension

Declension of слю́ни (inan pl-only masc-form soft-stem accent-e) 

	plural
nominative	слю́ни sljúni
genitive	слюне́й sljunéj
dative	слюня́м sljunjám
accusative	слю́ни sljúni
instrumental	слюня́ми sljunjámi
prepositional	слюня́х sljunjáx

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “слюни”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress