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See also: cövek
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- čȍvjek (Ijekavian)
- čovik, človik (Ikavian, Chakavian)
- človek (archaic, Kajkavian)
- človjek (obsolete)
- čoek, čojek, čȏk (regional, colloquial)
Etymology
[edit]From older človek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kelawaikas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Irregular declension, with nominative čȍvek
Irregular declension, with nominative čòvek
Archaic or dialectal plural
References
[edit]- “čovek”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- “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[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 68
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