čovjek
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older človjek, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
čȍvjek m (Cyrillic spelling 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
Declension
Irregular declension
References
- “čovjek” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “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