Slovenec

Slovene

Etymology

From a Slavic root shared with Slovak, probably related to slovo (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɔʋèːnət͡s/

Noun

Slovẹ́nəc m anim (female equivalent Slovẹ́nka)

1. Slovene, Slovenian (male person)

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., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	Slovénec
gen. sing.	Slovénca
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Slovénec	Slovénca	Slovénci
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Slovénca	Slovéncev	Slovéncev
dative (dajȃlnik)	Slovéncu	Slovéncema	Slovéncem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Slovénca	Slovénca	Slovénce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Slovéncu	Slovéncih	Slovéncih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Slovéncem	Slovéncema	Slovénci

Related terms

• Slovẹ́nija
• slovẹ́nski
• slovẹ́nščina

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Further reading

• “Slovenec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran