čovek
See also: cövek
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older človek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kelawaikas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃôʋek/ or IPA(key): /t͡ʃǒʋek/
- Hyphenation: čo‧vek
Noun
čȍvek or čòvek m (Cyrillic spelling чо̏век or чо̀век)
- man, person
- jeste li vid(j)eli ovog čov(j)eka? ― have you seen this man?
- ti si mrtav čov(j)ek ― you're a dead man
- zanemarite čov(j)eka iza zav(j)ese ― pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
- human
- ne želim biti čov(j)ek, želim biti robot! ― I don't want to be human, I want to be a robot!
- nisi zao, samo si...čov(j)ek ― you're not evil, you're just...human
- person of integrity, mensch
Declension
Irregular declension, with nominative čȍvek
Irregular declension, with nominative čòvek
Archaic or dialectal plural
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | čòveci |
| genitive | — | čoveka |
| dative | — | čovecima |
| accusative | — | čoveke |
| vocative | — | čoveci |
| locative | — | čovecima |
| instrumental | — | čovecima |
References
- “čovek” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “čovek”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 891
- Речник српскога језика (2007, Прво издање), Нови Сад: Матица српска, page 1520
- Đuro Daničić, Matija Valjavac, Pero Budmani, editor (1884-1886), “čòvjek”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 68
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