svest

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See also: svést

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From s- +‎ vest.

Pronunciation

Noun

svȇst f (Cyrillic spelling све̑ст)

  1. consciousness
    izgubiti svestto lose consciousness
    • 1996, United Nations, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Serbian”, in UDHR in Unicode, archived from the original on 27 July 2021:
      Sva ljudska bića rađaju se slobodna i jednaka u dostojanstvu i pravima. Ona su obdarena razumom i svešću i treba jedni prema drugima da postupaju u duhu bratstva.
      All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Declension

Derived terms

References

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