čovjek

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older človjek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃôʋjek/
  • Hyphenation: čo‧vjek

Noun

čȍvjek m (Cyrillic spelling чо̏вјек)

  1. 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
  2. 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

Declension
Irregular declension
singular plural
nominative čȍvjek ljȗdi
genitive čȍvjeka ljúdī
dative čȍvjeku ljúdima
accusative čȍvjeka ljȗde
vocative čȍvječe ljȗdi
locative čȍvjeku ljúdima
instrumental čȍvjekom ljúdima

References
  • “čovjek” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “čovjek”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Друго фототипско издање edition, 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
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