svila

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъvila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋǐːla/

Noun

svíla f (Cyrillic spelling сви́ла)

1. silk

Declension

Declension of svila

	singular	plural
nominative	svila	svile
genitive	svile	svila
dative	svili	svilama
accusative	svilu	svile
vocative	svilo	svile
locative	svili	svilama
instrumental	svilom	svilama

Related terms

• svilen

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъvila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋíːla/

Noun

svȋla f

1. silk

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
nominative	svíla
genitive	svíle
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	svíla
genitive (rodȋlnik)	svíle
dative (dajȃlnik)	svíli
accusative (tožȋlnik)	svílo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	svíli
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	svílo

Further reading

• “svila”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “svila”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references