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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ.
Noun
človik m (Cyrillic spelling чловик)
- (Chakavian, Ikavian) a man; person; human
- 1375, N.N. Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):
Pomiluj ga, Gospodine,
takav človik da ne zgine.- Spare him, Lord,
that that kind of man does not perish.
- 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
Kralj tako jiduje - sunce svitla lica,
na zapad minuje, za more skri nica;
noć jure podtica da narod, živine,
človik, zvir i ptica, pustiv teg, počine.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 17C, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Nemarnost človičanska
- Grišni človik neče mislit
- da j' iz blata zemlje stvoren
- i da mu je spet preminit
- v drobne prahe, odkud rojen;
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