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Serb

Serb

See also: serb, șerb, serb., and Serb.

English

Noun

Serb ‎(plural Serbs)

  1. A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)

Translations

Adjective

Serb ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Serbs; Serbian.

Translations

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References

  1. ↑ J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams, "Protect", The Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (London: Fitzroy and Dearborn, 1997).

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɛrp]

Noun

Serb m ‎(feminine equivalent Serbowka)

  1. Sorb
  2. Serb

Declension

Derived terms

(Sorb):

(Serb):

  • Serbiska
  • serbiski
  • serbochorwatski
  • serbochorwatšćina

Manx

Proper noun

Yn Serb m

  1. Serbia

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Serb Herb
after "yn", Terb 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

Serb m pers

  1. Serb (person)

Declension

Related terms

  • Serbka f

Vilamovian

Noun

Serb m

  1. Serb (person)

serb

serb

See also: Serb, șerb, serb., and Serb.

Old Irish

Adjective

serb

  1. (of flavour) bitter
  2. (in abstract sense) bitter, hurtful, grievous, disagreeable
  3. (of sounds) harsh, discordant
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Noun

serb ?

  1. (of weather) harshness, bitterness
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

Noun

serb ?

  1. theft
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Latin servus.

Noun

serb ?

  1. slave
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
serb ṡerb unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “1 serb ‘bitter’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 serb ‘theft’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “3 serb ‘slave’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Swedish

Noun

serb c

  1. Serb, Serbian

Declension

Inflection of serb 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative serb serben serber serberna
Genitive serbs serbens serbers serbernas

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Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srbi, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ ‎(“ally, Serb, Sorb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‎(“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servo ‎(“I guard, I protect”), Old English searu ‎(“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas ‎(“watchman”), Greek ἥρως ‎(hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan haraiti, haurvaiti ‎(haraiti, haurvaiti, “he guards”).[1]

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