serbs

See also: Serbs

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Србин (Srbin), itself from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servō (“I guard, I protect”), Old English searu (“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman”), Latvian sargs (“watchman”), Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (ha^uruuaⁱti, “he guards”).

Noun

serbs m (1st declension, feminine form: serbiete)

1. a (male) Serbian, a man from Serbia or of Serbian descent

   Bosnijas serbi ― Bosnian Serbs

   Kosovas serbi ― Kosovan Serbs

   satikām divus serbus ― we met two Serbs

2. (genitive plural) Serbian, pertaining to Serbia and its people

   serbu valoda ― the Serbian language

   serbu literatūra ― Serbian literature

   serbu vēsture ― Serbian history

Declension

Declension of serbs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	serbs	serbi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	serbu	serbus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	serba	serbu
dative (datīvs)	serbam	serbiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	serbu	serbiem
locative (lokatīvs)	serbā	serbos
vocative (vokatīvs)	serb	serbi

Related terms

• Serbija
• serbisks
• Serbu Republika
• serbu valoda

 

Swedish

Noun

serbs

1. indefinite genitive singular of serb