pijan

Albanian

Etymology

From pije (“drink”), pije +‎ -an (equivalent to English drink + -er). See pi (“I drink”) and pije (“drink”) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.jan/

Noun

pijan m (plural pijanë, definite pijani, definite plural pijanët)

1. (colloquial) drinker (male)

Declension

Declension of pijan

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pijan	pijani	pijanë	pijanët
accusative		pijanin
dative	pijani	pijanit	pijanëve	pijanëve
ablative			pijanësh

Related terms

• pijane f (“drinker”)
• pije f
• pi

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪjan]
• Hyphenation: pi‧jan

Noun

pijan m anim (female equivalent pijanka)

1. (colloquial) drinker, drunkard

   Synonyms: opilec, piják

Declension

Declension of pijan (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pijan	pijani
genitive	pijana	pijanů
dative	pijanovi, pijanu	pijanům
accusative	pijana	pijany
vocative	pijane	pijani
locative	pijanovi, pijanu	pijanech
instrumental	pijanem	pijany

Further reading

• “pijan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pijan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pijan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьjanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐjan/
• Hyphenation: pi‧jan

Adjective

pìjan (Cyrillic spelling пѝјан, definite pìjanī, comparative pijaniji)

1. drunk, intoxicated

   Kučko, ne pitaj me da li sam pijan. Ako sam budan, pijan sam.

   Bitch, don't ask me if I'm drunk. If I'm awake, I'm drunk.

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pijan	pijana	pijano
genitive		pijana	pijane	pijana
dative		pijanu	pijanoj	pijanu
accusative	inanimate animate	pijan pijana	pijanu	pijano
vocative		pijan	pijana	pijano
locative		pijanu	pijanoj	pijanu
instrumental		pijanim	pijanom	pijanim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pijani	pijane	pijana
genitive		pijanih	pijanih	pijanih
dative		pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)
accusative		pijane	pijane	pijana
vocative		pijani	pijane	pijana
locative		pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)
instrumental		pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pijani	pijana	pijano
genitive		pijanog(a)	pijane	pijanog(a)
dative		pijanom(u/e)	pijanoj	pijanom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	pijani pijanog(a)	pijanu	pijano
vocative		pijani	pijana	pijano
locative		pijanom(e/u)	pijanoj	pijanom(e/u)
instrumental		pijanim	pijanom	pijanim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pijani	pijane	pijana
genitive		pijanih	pijanih	pijanih
dative		pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)
accusative		pijane	pijane	pijana
vocative		pijani	pijane	pijana
locative		pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)
instrumental		pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)	pijanim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pijaniji	pijanija	pijanije
genitive		pijanijeg(a)	pijanije	pijanijeg(a)
dative		pijanijem(u)	pijanijoj	pijanijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	pijaniji pijanijeg(a)	pijaniju	pijanije
vocative		pijaniji	pijanija	pijanije
locative		pijanijem(u)	pijanijoj	pijanijem(u)
instrumental		pijanijim	pijanijom	pijanijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pijaniji	pijanije	pijanija
genitive		pijanijih	pijanijih	pijanijih
dative		pijanijim(a)	pijanijim(a)	pijanijim(a)
accusative		pijanije	pijanije	pijanija
vocative		pijaniji	pijanije	pijanija
locative		pijanijim(a)	pijanijim(a)	pijanijim(a)
instrumental		pijanijim(a)	pijanijim(a)	pijanijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najpijaniji	najpijanija	najpijanije
genitive		najpijanijeg(a)	najpijanije	najpijanijeg(a)
dative		najpijanijem(u)	najpijanijoj	najpijanijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najpijaniji najpijanijeg(a)	najpijaniju	najpijanije
vocative		najpijaniji	najpijanija	najpijanije
locative		najpijanijem(u)	najpijanijoj	najpijanijem(u)
instrumental		najpijanijim	najpijanijom	najpijanijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najpijaniji	najpijanije	najpijanija
genitive		najpijanijih	najpijanijih	najpijanijih
dative		najpijanijim(a)	najpijanijim(a)	najpijanijim(a)
accusative		najpijanije	najpijanije	najpijanija
vocative		najpijaniji	najpijanije	najpijanija
locative		najpijanijim(a)	najpijanijim(a)	najpijanijim(a)
instrumental		najpijanijim(a)	najpijanijim(a)	najpijanijim(a)

Related terms

• nàpiti
• òpiti

Further reading

• “pijan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

From piť (“to drink”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpijan]

Noun

pijan m pers (female equivalent pijanka, relational adjective pijanský, augmentative pijanisko)

1. a habitual drinker of alcohol, a drunk

   Synonyms: alkoholik, opilec, ožran

Declension

Declension of pijan (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	pijan	pijani
genitive	pijana	pijanov
dative	pijanovi	pijanom
accusative	pijana	pijanov
locative	pijanovi	pijanoch
instrumental	pijanom	pijanmi

Derived terms

• pijansky
• pijanstvo

Further reading

• “pijan”, 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, 2003–2025