čovjek
Serbo-Croatian
editAlternative forms
edit- čovek (Ekavian)
- čovik, človik (Ikavian, Chakavian)
- človek (archaic, Kajkavian)
- človjek (obsolete)
- čoek, čojek, čoik, čok, ček, šlovek, šovek (regional)
Etymology
editFrom older človjek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kelawaikas.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editčòvjek or čȍvjek m (Cyrillic spelling чо̀вјек or чо̏вјек)
- 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
- 1849, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne poslovice [Serbian Folk Proverbs][1], Beč, page 27:
- Боље се с чоеком побити него с рђом целивати. У Грбљу.
- Bolje se s čoekom pobiti nego s rđom celivati. U Grblju.
- It is better to fight with a [proper] man than to kiss with an unworthy one. From Grbalj.
- used as an indefinite, general subject; any person in the given situation
- 1882, Ante Kovačić, Fiškal [The Advocate][2], Zagreb: Bulaja naklada, published 2013, →ISBN, page 28:
- Vrijeme i narav bijahu neopisivo sumorni. U takvim časovima čovjek biva zlovoljan, dremovan i nezadovoljan.
- The weather and nature were indescribably dismal. In such moments, one becomes ill-willed, drowsy and dissatisfied.
Declension
editIrregular declension, with nominative čòvjek
Irregular declension, with nominative čȍvjek
Irregular declension, with nominative čȍvjek
Archaic and slang plural, with nominative čòvjek
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “čovjek”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- “čovjek”, 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[3] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 68
- Brabec, Ivan, Hraste, Mate, Živković, Sreten (1968) Gramatika hrvatskosrpskoga jezika, 8th edition, Školska knjiga, §81.B.I.2.a), page 55
- Vukušić, Stjepan, Zoričić, Ivan, Graselli-Vukušić, Marija (2007) Naglasak u hrvatskome književnom jeziku (Velika hrvatska gramatika; 4), Zagreb: Globus, →ISBN, §94, page 41
- Ibrahim Čedić, editor (2007), “čovjek”, in Rječnik bosanskog jezika, Sarajevo: Institut za jezik, →ISBN
- Kapović, Mate (2015) Povijest hrvatske akcentuacije. Fonetika [History of Croatian Accent. Phonetics][4] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Matica hrvatska, →ISBN, page 7
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