narod

See also: naród and národ

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *narodъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nōradа́s. Morphologically as if na- +‎ rod (“race”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎːrod/
• Hyphenation: na‧rod
• Rhymes: -rod

Noun

národ m (Cyrillic spelling на́род)

1. people
   • 1942 November 27, Josip Broz Tito, Izvještaj štaba 3. NOU divizije‎^[1], Jajce:

     Sa raznim uputstvima i naređenjima preduzeli smo mjere kod svih jedinica da pravilno politički rade sa narodom, te da osjeti ljubav naših trupa i ne bude nezgodnih ispada.

     With various instructions and orders, we have taken measures with all units to work properly politically with the people, and to feel the love of our troops and there will be no inconvenient outbursts.

   Kakav smo mi to narod kad je "gubav" jedina r(ij)eč koja se rimuje s "ljubav"? ― "What kind of people are we when "leprous" is the only word that rhymes with "love"?

2. nation
3. folk

Declension

Declension of narod

	singular	plural
nominative	národ	národi
genitive	naroda	naroda
dative	narodu	narodima
accusative	narod	narode
vocative	narode	narodi
locative	narodu	narodima
instrumental	narodom	narodima

Derived terms

• narodni
• narodnost
• narodnooslobodilački

References

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

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *narodъ, from na- +‎ rod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nàːrɔt/

Noun

národ m inan

1. nation
2. people
3. folk

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	národ
gen. sing.	národa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	národ	národa	národi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	národa	národov	národov
dative (dajȃlnik)	národu	národoma	národom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	národ	národa	národe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	národu	národih	národih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	národom	národoma	národi

Further reading

• “narod”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran