zvijer

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweh₁r.[1] First attested in the 14th century.

Noun

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zvijȇr f (Cyrillic spelling звије̑р)

  1. beast, wild animal
    Ljepotica i zvijer
    The Beauty and the Beast
  2. beast (a person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.)

Declension

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Declension of zvijer
singular plural
nominative zvijer zvijeri
genitive zvijeri zvijeri
dative zvijeri zvijerima
accusative zvijer zvijeri
vocative zvijeri zvijeri
locative zvijeri zvijerima
instrumental zvijerju zvijerima

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “zvijȇr”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 610
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