Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lovьcь.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lǒːʋat͡s/
  • Hyphenation: lo‧vac

Noun edit

lóvac m (Cyrillic spelling ло́вац)

  1. hunter
    Kažu da je lovac jeo ovde.They say that the hunter ate here.
    • 1886, Ksaver Šandor Đalski, “Na Groblju”, in Pod Starimi Krovovi:
      Nisam bio strastven lovac, ali se ipak tako svaki put pridružih, jer je plandovanje po tim dragim zagorskim brdima uvijek puno tolikoga čara. Od rana jutra lovismo.
      I was not a passionate hunter, but I joined in each time nevertheless, because time spent in those dear Zagorje hills was always so full of charm. We hunted from early morning.
  2. chaser
  3. (chess) bishop
  4. fighter plane

Declension edit

See also edit

Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
           
kralj
краљ
dama, kraljica
дама, краљица
top, kula
топ, кула
lovac, trkač, laufer
ловац, тркач, лауфер
skakač, konj
скакач, коњ
pješak, pešak, pion, pijun
пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун

References edit

  • lovac” in Hrvatski jezični portal