Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kľunъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Derived from *kľunǫti, perfective of *kľuti (“to peck”).

Noun

*kľunъ m

1. beak

Declension

Declension of *kľunъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kľunъ	*kľuna	*kľuni
genitive	*kľuna	*kľunu	*kľunъ
dative	*kľunu	*kľunoma	*kľunomъ
accusative	*kľunъ	*kľuna	*kľuny
instrumental	*kľunъmь, *kľunomь*	*kľunoma	*kľuny
locative	*kľuně	*kľunu	*kľuněxъ
vocative	*kľune	*kľuna	*kľuni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: клюнъ (kljunŭ)
    • ⇒ Belarusian: клю́нка (kljúnka) (dialectal)
    • Russian: клюн (kljun) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: клюн (kljun) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: клюн (kljun)
  • Macedonian: клун (klun)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кљу̑н

    Latin script: kljȗn

  • Slovene: kljȗn (tonal orthography)