serb
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
From Serbo-Croatian Srb, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
serb (definite accusative serbi, plural serblər)
- Serb (person)
Declension edit
Declension of serb | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | serb |
serblər | ||||||
definite accusative | serbi |
serbləri | ||||||
dative | serbə |
serblərə | ||||||
locative | serbdə |
serblərdə | ||||||
ablative | serbdən |
serblərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | serbin |
serblərin |
Derived terms edit
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Celtic *swerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ache”). Cognate with Welsh chwerw.
Adjective edit
serb
- bitter (of flavour)
- (in abstract sense) bitter, hurtful, grievous, disagreeable
- harsh, discordant (of sounds)
Inflection edit
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | serb | serb | serb |
Vocative | seirb* serb** | ||
Accusative | serb | seirb | |
Genitive | seirb | seirbe | seirb |
Dative | serb | seirb | serb |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | seirb | serba | |
Vocative | serbu serba† | ||
Accusative | serbu serba† | ||
Genitive | serb | ||
Dative | serbaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Celtic *serwā, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“booty”); related to Latin servus (“slave”).[1]
Noun edit
serb f
Inflection edit
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | serbL | — | — |
Vocative | serbL | — | — |
Accusative | seirbN | — | — |
Genitive | seirbeH | — | — |
Dative | seirbL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “serwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
serb m
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
serb | ṡerb | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 serb ‘bitter’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 serb ‘theft’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 serb ‘slave’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Serbo-Croatian Srb, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ.
Noun edit
serb c
Declension edit
Declension of serb | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | serb | serben | serber | serberna |
Genitive | serbs | serbens | serbers | serbernas |
Related terms edit
Uzbek edit
Noun edit
serb (plural serblar)