lovac

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lovьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒːʋat͡s/
• Hyphenation: lo‧vac

Noun

lóvac m (Cyrillic spelling ло́вац)

1. hunter

   Kažu da je lovac jeo ovde. ― They say that the hunter ate here.

   • 1886, Ksaver Šandor Đalski, “Na Groblju”, in Pod Starimi Krovovi:

     Nisam bio strastven lovac, ali se ipak tako svaki put pridružih, jer je plandovanje po tim dragim zagorskim brdima uvijek puno tolikoga čara. Od rana jutra lovismo.

     I was not a passionate hunter, but I joined in each time nevertheless, because time spent in those dear Zagorje hills was always so full of charm. We hunted from early morning.

2. chaser
3. (chess) bishop
4. fighter plane

Declension

Declension of lovac

	singular	plural
nominative	lóvac	lovci
genitive	lóvca	lȍvācā
dative	lovcu	lovcima
accusative	lovca	lovce
vocative	lȏvče	lovci
locative	lovcu	lovcima
instrumental	lovcem	lovcima

See also

Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
kralj краљ	dama, kraljica дама, краљица	top, kula топ, кула	lovac, trkač, laufer ловац, тркач, лауфер	skakač, konj скакач, коњ	pješak, pešak, pion, pijun пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун

References

• “lovac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024