človek

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See also: člověk

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *člověkъ, *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.

Noun

človek m (Cyrillic spelling чловек)

  1. (archaic, Kajkavian) man; person; human
    • 1578, Anthon Vramecz, Kronika‎, Lublana, page 1 recto:
      Adam i Eua nai perua Chloueka bezta ztuoriena.
      [Adam i Eva najprva človeka besta stvorjena.]
      The very first people, Adam and Eve, were created.
    • 1593, Cantio de matrimonio, N.N.:
      Nei dobro človeku samomu biti,
      potrebno mu je tuvarušu biti,
      k njemu primerjen tuvaruš biti,
      zato mo pomoč imeimo stvoriti.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1644, De paenitentia, N.N.:
      Rožica na polju lepo friško cvete:
      takajše mlad človek tu na ovom svete,
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1701, O, Ježuše, slatko ime, N.N.:
      Misli, človek, sad živuči, ter pogledaj v grob smrdeči:
      Kam ja idem, tam ti dojdeš, otkuda se ne povrneš.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1886, Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, Pod starim krovovima:
      Kakav je to kršan človek bil, nikad ne bi bil mislil, da bu on prije mene.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1936, Miroslav Krleža, “Keglovichiana”, in Balade Petrice Kerempuha (Sabrana djela Miroslava Krleže), Sarajevo / Zagreb: NIŠRO "Oslobođenje" / IKRO "Mladost", published 1982, page 115:
      Se sami Madžari, grofi, dunajski, taljanski,
      ni jeden je ne človek, ni jeden ne zna naški.
      Here are only Hungarians, counts, Viennese, Italian,
      none of them is a human, none of them knows our language.

Slovak

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Singular forms from Proto-Slavic *člověkъ, *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ; plural forms from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje (“people, men”).

Pronunciation

Noun

človek m anim (genitive singular človeka, nominative plural ľudia, genitive plural ľudí)

  1. person, man (i.e., a human being regardless of gender)

Declension

Declension of človek
singulare tantum
nominative človek
genitive človeka
dative človeku, človekovi
accusative človeka
locative človeku, človekovi
instrumental človekom

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “človek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

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Etymology

Singular and dual forms from Proto-Slavic *člověkъ, *čьlověkъ; plural forms from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje (“people, men”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃlɔ̀ːʋɛk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔːʋɛk
  • Hyphenation: člo‧vek

Noun

člóvek m anim

  1. human; person
  2. (regional) husband

Declension

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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, animate) , mobile accent, suppletive in plural, special endings in plural from former i-stem declension
nom. sing. člóvek
gen. sing. človẹ́ka
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		člóvek človẹ́ka ljudjẹ̑, človẹ́ki
genitive
rodȋlnik 		človẹ́ka ljudí, človẹ̄kov ljudí, človẹ̄kov
dative
dajȃlnik 		človẹ́ku, človẹ̄ku+prep., človẹ́ki, človẹ̄ki+prep. človẹ́koma, človẹ́kama ljudẹ̑m, človẹ́kom, človẹ́kam
accusative
tožȋlnik 		človẹ́ka človẹ́ka ljudȋ, človẹ́ke
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		človẹ̄ku, človẹ̄ki ljudẹ́h, človẹ̄kih ljudẹ́h, človẹ̄kih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		človẹ́kom človẹ́koma, človẹ́kama ljudmí, človẹ̄ki
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		člȏvek človẹ̑ka ljudjẹ̑, človẹ̑ki


Derived terms

See also

Further reading

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