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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From zdrav ("healthy, sane, sound"). The greeting stems from the expression used to wish the interlocutor good health. Compare the semantics of French salut, Italian salve (etymologically), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails), and Russian здравствуйте (zdravstvujte) as greetings.
Cognate e.g. with Bulgarian здраво (zdravo), здрав (zdrav), Macedonian здраво (zdravo), Old Church Slavonic ⱄⱏⰴⱃⰰⰲⱏ (sŭdravŭ), Polish zdrowy, Old Novgorodian съторове (sŭtorove), Russian здоро́вый (zdoróvyj), здра́вый (zdrávyj), здоро́во (zdoróvo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zdrâʋo/
- Hyphenation: zdra‧vo
Adverb
zdrȁvo (Cyrillic spelling здра̏во)
- healthily
- soundly
- sanely
Interjection
zdrȁvo (Cyrillic spelling здра̏во)
- hello! hi!
- bye! farewell!
Synonyms
Slovene
Pronunciation
Adjective
zdrȃvo
- neuter nominative singular of zdrav
Adverb
zdrȃvo
- healthy
Interjection
zdrȃvo
- hello, hi (greeting)
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