човек
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Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- човѣкъ (čověk) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))
- челове́к (čelovék) — dated, literary
- человѣкъ (čelověk) — dated, literary (Pre-reform orthography (1945))
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic чловѣкъ (člověkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ. Cognate with Russian челове́к (čelovék), Macedonian човек (čovek).
Pronunciation
Noun
чове́к • (čovék) m (relational adjective чове́шки, diminutive чове́че)
- human, person
- Този човек е странен.
- Tozi čovek e stranen.
- This person is strange.
- man, woman
- fellow, chap, guy, jack, bloke, gal, lass
- creature
- one, you, any person, an unspecified individual
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | чове́к čovék |
хо́ра, чове́ци1, лю́де1 hóra, čovéci1, ljúde1 |
| definite (subject form) |
чове́кът čovékǎt |
хо́рата, чове́ците1, лю́дете1 hórata, čovécite1, ljúdete1 |
| definite (object form) |
чове́ка čovéka | |
| count form | — | ду́ши, чове́ци1 dúši, čovéci1 |
| vocative form | чове́че čovéče |
хо́ра, чове́ци1, лю́де1 hóra, čovéci1, ljúde1 |
1Archaic.
References
- “човек”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “човек”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
- чеков (čekov)
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
човек • (čovek) m (plural луѓе, relational adjective човечки or човеков, diminutive човече, augmentative човечиште)
- person
- man
- human, human being
- fellow, chap, guy, dude, jack, bloke, gal, lass
- one, you, any person, an unspecified individual
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | човек (čovek) | луѓе (luǵe) |
| definite unspecified | човекот (čovekot) | луѓето (luǵeto) |
| definite proximal | човеков (čovekov) | луѓево (luǵevo) |
| definite distal | човекон (čovekon) | луѓено (luǵeno) |
| vocative | човеку (čoveku) | луѓе (luǵe) |
| count form | — | души (duši) |
Related terms
- бесчовечност f (besčovečnost)
- богочовек m (bogočovek)
- зачовечи (začoveči)
- меѓучовечки (meǵučovečki)
- натчовек m (natčovek)
- нечовек m (nečovek)
- нечовечен (nečovečen)
- нечовечки (nečovečki)
- нечовечност f (nečovečnost)
- нечовештина f (nečoveština)
- очовечи (očoveči)
- прачовек m (pračovek)
- човеков (čovekov)
- човекојадец m (čovekojadec)
- човекојадство n (čovekojadstvo)
- човеколик (čovekolik)
- човекољубец m (čovekoljubec)
- човекољубив (čovekoljubiv)
- човекољубивост f (čovekoljubivost)
- човекољубие n (čovekoljubie)
- човекомразец m (čovekomrazec)
- човечен (čovečen)
- човеченце n (čovečence)
- човечност f (čovečnost)
- човечуле n (čovečule)
- човечулец m (čovečulec)
- човештво n (čoveštvo)
- човештина f (čoveština)
References
- човек in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older človek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
чо̏век m anim (Latin spelling čȍvek)
- 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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чо̏век | љу̑ди |
| genitive | чо̏века | љу́дӣ |
| dative | чо̏веку | љу́дима |
| accusative | чо̏века | љу̑де |
| vocative | чо̏вече | љу̑ди |
| locative | чо̏веку | љу́дима |
| instrumental | чо̏веком | љу́дима |
References
- “човек”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “човек”, 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