човек

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃoˈvɛk/

Noun

човек (čovék) m

  1. human, person
    Този човек е странен.Tozi čovek e stranen.He is a strange person.
  2. man, woman
  3. fellow, chap, guy, jack, bloke, gal, lass
  4. creature
  5. one, you, any person, an unspecified individual

Inflection


Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔvɛk/

Noun

човек (čovek) m (plural луѓе, diminutive човече)

  1. person
  2. man
  3. human
  4. 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)

  1. man, person
    јесте ли видјели овог чов(ј)ека?have you seen this man?
    ти си мртав чов(ј)екyou're a dead man
    занемарите чов(ј)ека иза зав(ј)есеpay no attention to the man behind the curtain
  2. 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)екyou're not evil, you're just...human

Declension

References

  • човек” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • човек”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Друго фототипско издање edition, 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
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