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човек
човек
Bulgarian
Noun
човек • (čovék) m
- man, person
- Този човек е странен. ― Tozi čovek e stranen. ― He is a strange person.
- fellow, chap, guy, jack, bloke
- creature
- one, you, any person, an unspecified individual
- husband
Inflection
inflection of човек
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔvɛk/
Noun
човек • (čovek) m (plural луѓе, diminutive човече)
- person
- man
- human
- one, you, any person, an unspecified individual
Usage notes
- This word has an irregular plural, "луѓе"
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older človek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃôʋek/
- Hyphenation: чо‧век
Noun
чо̏век m (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
Declension
Irregular declension
References
- “човек” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 6, page 891
- Речник српскога језика (2007, Прво издање), Нови Сад: Матица српска, page 1520