papagaj

See also: papagáj

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Papagei, ultimately from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ).

Noun

papagaj m anim

1. parrot

Declension

Declension of papagaj

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	papagaj	papagaja	papagaje
Genitive	papagaja	papagajowu	papagajow
Dative	papagajoju	papagajoma	papagajam
Accusative	papagaja	papagajowu	papagaje, papagajow
Instrumental	papagajom	papagajoma	papagajami
Locative	papagaju	papagajoma	papagajach

References

• Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Papagei, ultimately from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papǎɡaj/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧gaj

Noun

papàgaj m (Cyrillic spelling папа̀гај)

1. parrot (bird)

Declension

Declension of papagaj

	singular	plural
nominative	papagaj	papagaji
genitive	papagaja	papagaja
dative	papagaju	papagajima
accusative	papagaja	papagaje
vocative	papagaju	papagaji
locative	papagaju	papagajima
instrumental	papagajem	papagajima

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papaɡáːj/

Noun

papagȃj m anim

1. parrot (bird)

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.	papagáj
gen. sing.	papagája
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	papagáj	papagája	papagáji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	papagája	papagájev	papagájev
dative (dajȃlnik)	papagáju	papagájema	papagájem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	papagája	papagája	papagáje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	papagáju	papagájih	papagájih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	papagájem	papagájema	papagáji

Synonyms

• pápiga

Further reading

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

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Papagei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papaˈɡaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧gaj
• Syllabification: pa‧pa‧gaj

Noun

papagaj m animal

1. (zoology) parrot

Declension

Declension of papagaj (masculine soft stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	papagaj	papagajej	papagaje
genitive	papagaja	papagajow	papagajow
dative	papagajej	papagajomaj	papagajam
accusative	papagaja	papagajej	papagaje
instrumental	papagajom	papagajomaj	papagajemi
locative	papagaju	papagajomaj	papagajach
vocative	papagajo	papagajej	papagaje

References

• “papagaj” in Soblex