Serbian

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Etymology edit

From Serb +‎ -ian or Serbia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)biːən/
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Adjective edit

Serbian (comparative more Serbian, superlative most Serbian)

of or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language

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Serbian spruce

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Serbian (countable and uncountable, plural Serbians)

(countable) A native or inhabitant of Serbia.
(countable) A Serb.
(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.
(historical) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Serbia.

Usage notes edit

A distinction is often made between Serbian (“a person from Serbia”) and Serb (“a person of Serb ethnicity not necessarily from Serbia”).

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person from Serbia — see also Serb

Afrikaans: Serwiër
Albanian: serb (sq) m, serbe f
Arabic: صِرْبِيّ m (ṣirbiyy), صِرْبِيَّة f (ṣirbiyya)
Armenian: սերբ (hy) (serb)
Aromanian: sãrbu m, sãrbã f
Azerbaijani: serb
Basque: serbiar
Belarusian: серб m (sjerb), се́рбка f (sjérbka), сэрб m (serb), сэ́рбка f (sérbka) (Taraškievica)
Bulgarian: съ́рбин (bg) m (sǎ́rbin), сръбки́ня f (srǎbkínja)
Catalan: serbi (ca) m, sèrbia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞爾維亞人／塞尔维亚人 (zh) (sài'ěrwéiyàrén)
Czech: Srb (cs) m, Srbka (cs) f
Danish: serber c
Dutch: Serviër (nl) m, Servische (nl) f
Esperanto: serbo (1), serbiano (2)
Estonian: serblane
Faroese: serbi m
Finnish: serbialainen (fi)
French: Serbe (fr) m or f
Galician: serbio (gl) m, serbia f
Georgian: სერბი (serbi)
German: Serbe (de) m, Serbin (de) f
Greek: Σέρβος (el) m (Sérvos), Σέρβα (el) f (Sérva)
Hebrew: סרבי m (servi), סרבית f (servít)
Hindi: सर्ब (sarb)
Hungarian: szerb (hu)
Icelandic: Serbi m
Interlingua: serbo
Irish: Seirbiach m
Italian: serbo (it) m, serba (it) f
Japanese: セルビア人 (セルビアじん, serubiajin)
Kazakh: серб (serb)
Korean: 세르비아 사람 (sereubia saram)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سربی (sirbî)

Northern Kurdish: serbî (ku)
Kyrgyz: серб (serb)
Latvian: serbs m, serbiete f
Lithuanian: serbas (lt) m, serbė (lt) f
Macedonian: Србин m (Srbin), Србинка f (Srbinka)
Manx: Serbagh m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: серб (serb)

Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ (serbi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: serber m

Nynorsk: serbar (nn) m
Persian: صربی (serbi), صربستانی (fa) (serbestâni)
Polish: Serb (pl) m, Serbka (pl) f
Portuguese: sérvio (pt) m
Romanian: sârb (ro) m, sârbă (ro) f, sârboaică (ro) f
Russian: серб (ru) m (serb), се́рбка (ru) f (sérbka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ср̏бин m, Ср̏пкиња f

Roman: Sȑbin (sh) m, Sȑpkinja f
Sicilian: serbu (scn) m, serba f
Slovak: Srb m, Srbka f
Slovene: Sŕb (sl) m, Sŕbkinja f
Spanish: serbio (es) m, serbio (es) m, serbia (es) f
Swedish: serb (sv) c, serbiska (sv) c (female)
Tagalog: Serbyo
Turkish: Sırp (tr), Sırbistanlı
Turkmen: serb
Ukrainian: серб m (serb), се́рбка f (sérbka), се́рбин m (sérbyn)
Urdu: سَرْوِیائی (sarviyā'ī)
Uyghur: سېرب (sërb)
Uzbek: serb (uz)
Vietnamese: người Xéc-bi

Serb — see Serb

the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian

Afrikaans: Serwies (af)
Albanian: gjuha serbe f, serbisht (sq)
Arabic: الصِرْبِيَّة f (aṣ-ṣirbiyya)
Armenian: սերբերեն (serberen)
Aromanian: limba sãrbeascã f, limba sãrgheascã f
Asturian: serbu m
Basque: serbiera (eu)
Belarusian: се́рбская мо́ва f (sjérbskaja móva), се́рбская f (sjérbskaja), сэ́рбская мо́ва f (sérbskaja móva), сэ́рбская f (sérbskaja)
Bulgarian: сръбски m (srǎbski)
Catalan: serbi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞爾維亞語／塞尔维亚语 (zh) (Sāi'ěrwéiyàyǔ)
Czech: srbština f
Danish: serbisk (da)
Dutch: Servisch (nl) n
Dzongkha: སོདབ་ཁ (sodb kha)
Esperanto: serba lingvo
Estonian: serbia keel
Faroese: serbiskt (fo) n
Finnish: serbia (fi), serbian kieli
French: serbe (fr) m
Georgian: სერბული (serbuli)
German: Serbisch (de) n
Greek: σερβικά (el) (serviká)
Hebrew: סרבית f (serbít)
Hindi: सर्बी (sarbī), सर्बियाई (sarbiyāī), सर्बियन (sarbiyan)
Hungarian: szerb (hu)
Icelandic: serbneska (is) f
Interlingua: serbo
Irish: Seirbis f
Italian: serbo (it)
Japanese: セルビア語 (ja) (セルビアご, serubiago)
Korean: 세르비아어 (ko) (sereubia'eo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سربی (sirbî)

Northern Kurdish: serbî (ku)
Latvian: serbu
Lithuanian: serbų kalba (lt) f
Macedonian: српски m (srpski)
Malay: bahasa Serbia, Serbia (ms)
Manx: Serbish f
Navajo: Séwib bizaad
Nepali: सर्बियाली (sarbiyālī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: serbisk (no) m

Nynorsk: serbisk (nn) m
Persian: صربی (sarbi)
Polish: serbski (pl) m
Portuguese: sérvio (pt) m
Romanian: sârbă (ro) f
Russian: се́рбский (ru) m (sérbskij), се́рбский язы́к m (sérbskij jazýk)
Scots: Serbie
Scottish Gaelic: Sèarbais f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ср̏пскӣ m

Roman: sȑpskī (sh) m
Sicilian: serbu (scn) m
Sindhi: سَربِي (sarbī)
Slovak: srbčina (sk) f
Slovene: sŕbščina (sl) f
Spanish: serbio (es) m
Swahili: kiserbia
Swedish: serbiska (sv)
Tagalog: Serbyo, Serbian
Thai: ภาษา เซอร์เบียน
Tigrinya: ሰርቢኛ (särbiña)
Turkish: Sırpça (tr)
Turkmen:
Cyrillic: сербче

Roman: serbçe
Ukrainian: се́рбська мо́ва f (sérbsʹka móva), се́рбська (uk) f (sérbsʹka)
Urdu: صربی (sarbī)
Uyghur: سېرپچە (sërpche)
Uzbek:
Cyrillic: сербча (serbcha)

Roman: serbça
Vietnamese: tiếng Xéc-bi
Volapük: Särbänapük
Welsh: Serbeg (cy)
West Frisian: Servysk (fy) n
Xhosa: isi-Serbia
Yiddish: סערביש (serbish)
Zulu: isi-Sebhiya

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Amharic: ^{(please verify)} ሰርቢኛ (särbiña)
Breton: ^{(please verify)} serbeg (br)
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} сърбин (bg) m (sǎrbin), ^{(please verify)} сръбкиня f (srǎbkinja)
Galician: ^{(please verify)} serbio (gl)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} bahasa Serbia
Kyrgyz: ^{(please verify)} сербче (ky) (serbce)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} service
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} serbų (lt)
Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} serba (mg)
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Serb
Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} серби (serbi)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} sârbă (ro)
Somali: ^{(please verify)} seerbiyaan
Tajik:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} серби (serbi)

Perso-Arabic: ^{(please verify)} سیربی
Tamil: ^{(please verify)} சேர்பியன (cērpiyaṉa)
Tigrinya: ^{(please verify)} ሰርቢኛ (särbiña)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Serbeg (cy)

Adjective edit

Serbian (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Serbia and Serbians.
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Of or pertaining to Serbian language.

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pertaining to Serbia and Serbians

Afrikaans: Serwies (af)
Albanian: serb (sq)
Arabic: صِرْبِيّ (ṣirbiyy)
Armenian: սերբական (hy) (serbakan)
Asturian: serbiu (ast)
Azerbaijani: serb
Basque: serbiar
Belarusian: се́рбскі (sjérbski), сэ́рбскі (sérbski)
Bengali: সার্বীয় (bn) (śarbiẏo)
Bulgarian: сръ́бски (srǎ́bski)
Burmese: ဆားဘီးယား (hca:bhi:ya:)
Carpathian Rusyn: се́рьбскый (sérʹbskŷj)
Catalan: serbi (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞爾維亞的／塞尔维亚的 (zh) (Sāi'ěrwéiyà de)
Czech: srbský (cs)
Danish: serbisk (da)
Dutch: Servisch (nl)
Esperanto: serbia
Estonian: serbia
Faroese: serbiskur
Finnish: serbialainen (fi)
French: serbe (fr)
Galician: serbio (gl)
Georgian: სერბული (serbuli)
German: serbisch (de)
Greek: σερβικός (el) (servikós)
Hebrew: סרבי (servi)
Hindi: सर्बियाई (sarbiyāī)
Hungarian: szerb (hu)
Icelandic: serbneskur (is)
Interlingua: serbe
Irish: Seirbiach
Italian: serbo (it)
Japanese: セルビアの (ja) (Serubia no)
Kazakh: серб (serb)
Khmer: ស៊ឺបៀ (sɨɨbiə), ស៊េប៊ី (seibii)
Korean: 세르비아의 (ko) (sereubiaui)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sirbî (ku)
Kyrgyz: серб (serb)
Lao: ແຊກບີ (sǣk bī)
Latvian: serbu, serbisks
Lithuanian: serbiškas
Macedonian: српски (srpski)
Malay: Serbia (ms)
Manx: Serbagh
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: серб (serb)

Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ (serbi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: serbisk (no)

Nynorsk: serbisk (nn)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: срьбьскъ (srĭbĭskŭ)
Pashto: صرب (serb)
Persian: صربی (serbi), صربستانی (fa) (serbestâni)
Polish: serbski (pl)
Portuguese: sérvio (pt)
Romanian: sârb (ro), sârbesc (ro)
Russian: се́рбский (ru) (sérbskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ср̏пскӣ, србѝја̄нскӣ

Roman: sȑpskī (sh), srbìjānskī (sh)
Slovak: srbský (sk)
Slovene: sŕbski (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: serbiski

Upper Sorbian: serbiski (hsb)
Spanish: serbio (es)
Swedish: serbisk (sv), serbiskt (sv), serbiska (sv)
Tagalog: Serbyo, Serbian
Tajik: сербӣ (tg) (serbī)
Tatar: серб (serb)
Thai: เซอร์เบีย (th) (səə-biia)
Turkish: Sırp (tr)
Turkmen: serb
Ukrainian: се́рбський (sérbsʹkyj)
Urdu: سربیائی (sarbiyā'ī)
Uyghur: سېرب (sërb)
Uzbek: serb (uz)
Vietnamese: Xéc-bi
Welsh: Serbaidd m or f, Serfiaidd m or f (outdated)
Yiddish: סערביש (serbish)

pertaining to the Serbian language

Afrikaans: Serwies (af)
Armenian: սերբերեն (serberen)
Asturian: serbu
Basque: serbiar
Catalan: serbi (ca)
Danish: serbisk (da)
Dutch: Servisch (nl)
Esperanto: serblingva
Estonian: serbiakeelne
Faroese: serbiskur
Finnish: serbiankielinen (fi)
French: serbe (fr)
German: serbisch (de)
Interlingua: serbe
Irish: Seirbise
Italian: serbo (it)
Malay: bahasa Serbia, Serbia (ms)
Norwegian: serbisk (no)
Persian: صربی (serbi)
Polish: serbski (pl) m
Portuguese: sérvio (pt)
Romanian: sârb (ro), sârbesc (ro)
Russian: се́рбский (ru) (sérbskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ср̏пскӣ

Roman: sȑpskī (sh)
Slovene: sŕbski (sl)
Swedish: serbisk (sv), serbiskt (sv), serbiska (sv)
Tagalog: Serbyo, Serbian

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Ben Sira, barnies, braines, brinase, inbears

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Serbian

genitive singular of Serbia

Serbian

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