tuljan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Very likely from Czech tuleň in the 19th century (which in turn was borrowed from Russian, and Russian borrowed it from a Sami language).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǔʎan/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧ljan

Noun

tùljan m anim (Cyrillic spelling ту̀љан)

  1. (Croatia) seal (pinniped)
    Synonym: fȍka (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro)

Declension

Declension of tuljan
singular plural
nominative tuljan tuljani
genitive tuljana tuljana
dative tuljanu tuljanima
accusative tuljana tuljane
vocative tuljane tuljani
locative tuljanu tuljanima
instrumental tuljanom tuljanima

References

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