Jevrejin

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Greek Εβραίος (Evraíos). Compare with Russian еврей (jevrej, “Еврей”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jěʋrejin/
• Hyphenation: Jev‧re‧jin

Noun

Jèvrejin m (Cyrillic spelling Јѐврејин, feminine Jèvrējka)

1. (chiefly Serbia) Jew

   Synonym: (chiefly Croatia) Žìdov

Declension

Declension of Jevrejin

	singular	plural
nominative	Jèvrejin	Jèvreji
genitive	Jèvrejina	Jе̏vrējā
dative	Jèvrejinu	Jèvrejima
accusative	Jèvrejina	Jèvreje
vocative	Jèvrejine	Jèvreji
locative	Jèvrejinu	Jèvrejima
instrumental	Jèvrejinom	Jèvrejima

Derived terms

• Jèvrējče (diminutive)
• jevréjština (“Jewry”)
• jevréjstvo (“Jewry”)
• jèvrējski (“Jewish”)
• Ješa (“yid”)

References

• “Jevrejin” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “Jevrejin”, 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 573