Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian свире́пый (svirépyj), from Proto-Slavic *sverěpъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʋǐrep/
  • Hyphenation: svi‧rep

Adjective

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svìrep (Cyrillic spelling свѝреп, definite svìrepī, comparative svirepiji)

  1. cruel, brutal

Declension

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Further reading

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  • svirep” in Hrvatski jezični portal