bivol

See also: Bivol

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бꙑволъ (byvolŭ), from Proto-Slavic *byvolъ, from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Doublet of bour, which was inherited from Latin.

Noun

bivol m (plural bivoli)

1. buffalo

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bivol	bivolul		bivoli	bivolii
genitive-dative	bivol	bivolului		bivoli	bivolilor
vocative	bivolule			bivolilor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bivo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byvolъ.

Noun

bivol m (Cyrillic spelling бивол)

1. buffalo

Declension

Declension of bivol

	singular	plural
nominative	bivol	bivoli
genitive	bivola	bivola
dative	bivolu	bivolima
accusative	bivola	bivole
vocative	bivole	bivoli
locative	bivolom	bivolima
instrumental	bivolu	bivolima

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bíːʋɔl/

Noun

bȋvol m anim

1. buffalo

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.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	bívol
gen. sing.	bívola
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bívol	bívola	bívoli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bívola	bívolov	bívolov
dative (dajȃlnik)	bívolu	bívoloma	bívolom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bívola	bívola	bívole
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bívolu	bívolih	bívolih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bívolom	bívoloma	bívoli

Further reading

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