слюни
Russian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
слю́ни • (sljúni) m inan pl (genitive слюне́й, plural only, diminutive слю́нки)
Declension edit
Declension of слю́ни (inan pl-only masc-form soft-stem accent-e)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “слюни”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress