galeb

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ga̋lębь, an ablauted version of *golǫbь (“pigeon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡâleːb/
• Hyphenation: ga‧leb

Noun

gȁlēb m (Cyrillic spelling га̏ле̄б)

1. seagull

Declension

Declension of galeb

	singular	plural
nominative	gȁlēb / gȁleb	galebovi
genitive	galeba	galebova
dative	galebu	galebovima
accusative	galeba	galebove
vocative	galebe	galebovi
locative	galebu	galebovima
instrumental	galebom	galebovima

Slovene

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian gȁlēb (“gull”), from Proto-Slavic *ga̋lębь, an ablauted version of *golǫbь (“pigeon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaléːp/

Noun

galẹ̑b m anim

1. seagull

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., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	galéb
gen. sing.	galéba
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	galéb	galéba	galébi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	galéba	galébov	galébov
dative (dajȃlnik)	galébu	galéboma	galébom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	galéba	galéba	galébe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	galébu	galébih	galébih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	galébom	galéboma	galébi

Further reading

• “galeb”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024