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čovjek

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǒʋjek/ or IPA(key): /t͡ʃôʋjek/
  • Hyphenation: čo‧vjek

Noun

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čòvjek or čȍvjek m (Cyrillic spelling чо̀вјек or 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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References

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  • 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