pujs

pujs

Slovene

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the from the lure call pujs-pujs, used by farmers to call pigs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /púːjs/

Noun

pȗjs m anim

  1. pig (animal)
    Synonym: prášič
  2. (expressive, figuratively) pig (a dirty person, especially a child)

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, animate) , fixed accent
nom. sing. pȗjs
gen. sing. pȗjsa
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik
pȗjs pȗjsa pȗjsi
genitive
rodȋlnik
pȗjsa pȗjsov pȗjsov
dative
dajȃlnik
pȗjsu, pȗjsi pȗjsoma, pȗjsama pȗjsom, pȗjsam
accusative
tožȋlnik
pȗjsa pȗjsa pȗjse
locative
mẹ̑stnik
pȗjsu, pȗjsi pȗjsih, pȗjsah pȗjsih, pȗjsah
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
pȗjsom pȗjsoma, pȗjsama pȗjsi
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
pȗjs pȗjsa pȗjsi


Derived terms

nouns
  • pȗjsek m inan

Further reading

  • pujs”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • pujs”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references