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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older človjek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃôʋjek/
- Hyphenation: чо‧вјек
Noun
чо̏вјек m (Latin spelling čȍvjek)
- man, person
- јесте ли видјели овог чов(ј)ека? ― have you seen this man?
- ти си мртав чов(ј)ек ― you're a dead man
- занемарите чов(ј)ека иза зав(ј)есе ― pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
- human
- не желим бити чов(ј)ек, желим бити робот! ― I don't want to be human, I want to be a robot!
- ниси зао, само си...чов(ј)ек ― you're not evil, you're just...human
- person of integrity, mensch
Declension
References
- “човјек” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “човјек”, 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