Bulgarian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic чловѣкъ (člověkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ. Cognate with Russian челове́к (čelovék), Macedonian човек (čovek).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃo̟ˈvɛk]
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  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun edit

чове́к (čovékm (relational adjective чове́шки, diminutive чове́че)

  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

Declension edit

References edit

  • човек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • човек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

човек (čovekm (plural луѓе, relational adjective човечки or човеков, diminutive човече, augmentative човечиште)

  1. person
  2. man
  3. human, human being
  4. fellow, chap, guy, dude, jack, bloke, gal, lass
  5. one, you, any person, an unspecified individual

Declension edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • човек in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From older človek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃôʋek/
  • Hyphenation: чо‧век

Noun edit

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
  3. person of integrity, mensch

Declension edit

References edit

  • 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