Židov

See also: zidov and židov

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iudaeus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒǐdoʋ/ or IPA^(key): /ʒîdoʋ/
• Hyphenation: Ži‧dov

Noun

Žìdov or Žȉdov m (Cyrillic spelling Жѝдов or Жи̏дов, feminine Žìdōvka or Žȉdōvka)

1. (chiefly Croatia) Jew

   Synonyms: (chiefly Serbia, Bosnia) Jèvrejin, Jevrej

2. (Serbia, Bosnia, ethnic slur): yid, kike

Declension

Declension of Židov

	singular	plural
nominative	Židov	Židovi
genitive	Židova	Židova
dative	Židovu	Židovima
accusative	Židova	Židove
vocative	Židove	Židovi
locative	Židovu	Židovima
instrumental	Židovom	Židovima

Derived terms

• Židovče (diminutive)
• židovstvo (“Jewry”)
• židovski (“Jewish”)

References

• “Židov” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “Židov”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 2, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967, published 1990, page 38