"čovjek" meaning in Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃǒʋjek/, /t͡ʃôʋjek/
Etymology: From older človjek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kelawaikas. Etymology templates: {{m|sh|človjek}} človjek, {{der|sh|sla-pro|*čьlověkъ}} Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, {{m|sla-pro|*čelověkъ}} *čelověkъ, {{inh|sh|ine-bsl-pro|*kelawaikas}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *kelawaikas Head templates: {{sh-noun|g=m|head=čòvjek|head2=čȍvjek}} čòvjek or čȍvjek m (Cyrillic spelling чо̀вјек or чо̏вјек) Inflection templates: {{sh-decl-noun|čòvjek|ljȗdi|čòvjeka|ljúdī|čòvjeku|ljúdima|čòvjeka|ljȗde|čȍvječe / čòvječe|ljȗdi|čòvjeku|ljúdima|čòvjekom|ljúdima|title=Irregular declension, with nominative čòvjek}}, {{sh-decl-noun|čȍvjek|ljȗdi|čovjèka|ljúdī|čovjèku|ljúdima|čovjèka|ljȗde|čȍvječe|ljȗdi|čovjèku|ljúdima|čovjèkom|ljúdima|title=Irregular declension, with nominative čȍvjek}}, {{sh-decl-noun|čȍvjek|ljȗdi|čȍvjeka|ljúdī|čȍvjeku|ljúdima|čȍvjeka|ljȗde|čȍvječe|ljȗdi|čȍvjeku|ljúdima|čȍvjekom|ljúdima|title=Irregular declension, with nominative čȍvjek}}, {{sh-decl-noun||čòvjeci||čȍvjēkā / čòvjēkā||čòvjecima||čòvjeke||čòvjeci||čòvjecima||čòvjecima|title=Archaic and slang plural, with nominative čòvjek}} Forms: čòvjek [canonical], čȍvjek [canonical, masculine], чо̀вјек [Cyrillic], чо̏вјек [Cyrillic], irregular [table-tags], čòvjek [nominative, singular], ljȗdi [nominative, plural], čòvjeka [genitive, singular], ljúdī [genitive, plural], čòvjeku [dative, singular], ljúdima [dative, plural], čòvjeka [accusative, singular], ljȗde [accusative, plural], čȍvječe [singular, vocative], čòvječe [singular, vocative], ljȗdi [plural, vocative], čòvjeku [locative, singular], ljúdima [locative, plural], čòvjekom [instrumental, singular], ljúdima [instrumental, plural], irregular [table-tags], čȍvjek [nominative, singular], ljȗdi [nominative, plural], čovjèka [genitive, singular], ljúdī [genitive, plural], čovjèku [dative, singular], ljúdima [dative, plural], čovjèka [accusative, singular], ljȗde [accusative, plural], čȍvječe [singular, vocative], ljȗdi [plural, vocative], čovjèku [locative, singular], ljúdima [locative, plural], čovjèkom [instrumental, singular], ljúdima [instrumental, plural], irregular [table-tags], čȍvjek [nominative, singular], ljȗdi [nominative, plural], čȍvjeka [genitive, singular], ljúdī [genitive, plural], čȍvjeku [dative, singular], ljúdima [dative, plural], čȍvjeka [accusative, singular], ljȗde [accusative, plural], čȍvječe [singular, vocative], ljȗdi [plural, vocative], čȍvjeku [locative, singular], ljúdima [locative, plural], čȍvjekom [instrumental, singular], ljúdima [instrumental, plural], archaic [table-tags], - [nominative, singular], čòvjeci [nominative, plural], - [genitive, singular], čȍvjēkā [genitive, plural], čòvjēkā [genitive, plural], - [dative, singular], čòvjecima [dative, plural], - [accusative, singular], čòvjeke [accusative, plural], - [singular, vocative], čòvjeci [plural, vocative], - [locative, singular], čòvjecima [locative, plural], - [instrumental, singular], čòvjecima [instrumental, plural]
  1. man, person
    Sense id: en-čovjek-sh-noun-SwBpDXcD
  2. human Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-čovjek-sh-noun-eaVHh2jS Disambiguation of People: 0 67 18 15
  3. person of integrity, mensch
    Sense id: en-čovjek-sh-noun-JpNsJ4hE
  4. used as an indefinite, general subject; any person in the given situation
    Sense id: en-čovjek-sh-noun-gOVJ1JGO Categories (other): Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header: 18 11 31 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: čojstvo, čovječac, čovječan, čovječanstvo, čovječnost, čovječuljak, čovjekolik, čovještvo, čovo, čovuljak Related terms: Čović (english: last name), Čovo (english: last name)
Synonyms: čovek [Ekavian], čovik, človik [Chakavian, Ikavian], človek [Kajkavian, archaic], človjek [obsolete], čoek, čojek, čoik, čok, ček, šlovek, šovek [regional]

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čojstvo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čovječac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čovječan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čovječanstvo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čovječnost"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čovječuljak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čovjekolik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čovještvo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čovo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čovuljak"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "človjek"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*čьlověkъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From older človjek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kelawaikas.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čòvjek",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjek",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̀вјек",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјек",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sh-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvječe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvječe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjekom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sh-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovjèka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovjèku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovjèka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvječe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovjèku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovjèkom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sh-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjeka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjeku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjeka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvječe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjeku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjekom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "archaic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sh-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeci",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjēkā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjēkā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjecima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeci",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjecima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjecima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "head": "čòvjek",
        "head2": "čȍvjek"
      },
      "expansion": "čòvjek or čȍvjek m (Cyrillic spelling чо̀вјек or чо̏вјек)",
      "name": "sh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "čo‧vjek"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "čòvjek",
        "10": "ljȗdi",
        "11": "čòvjeku",
        "12": "ljúdima",
        "13": "čòvjekom",
        "14": "ljúdima",
        "2": "ljȗdi",
        "3": "čòvjeka",
        "4": "ljúdī",
        "5": "čòvjeku",
        "6": "ljúdima",
        "7": "čòvjeka",
        "8": "ljȗde",
        "9": "čȍvječe / čòvječe",
        "title": "Irregular declension, with nominative čòvjek"
      },
      "name": "sh-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "čȍvjek",
        "10": "ljȗdi",
        "11": "čovjèku",
        "12": "ljúdima",
        "13": "čovjèkom",
        "14": "ljúdima",
        "2": "ljȗdi",
        "3": "čovjèka",
        "4": "ljúdī",
        "5": "čovjèku",
        "6": "ljúdima",
        "7": "čovjèka",
        "8": "ljȗde",
        "9": "čȍvječe",
        "title": "Irregular declension, with nominative čȍvjek"
      },
      "name": "sh-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "čȍvjek",
        "10": "ljȗdi",
        "11": "čȍvjeku",
        "12": "ljúdima",
        "13": "čȍvjekom",
        "14": "ljúdima",
        "2": "ljȗdi",
        "3": "čȍvjeka",
        "4": "ljúdī",
        "5": "čȍvjeku",
        "6": "ljúdima",
        "7": "čȍvjeka",
        "8": "ljȗde",
        "9": "čȍvječe",
        "title": "Irregular declension, with nominative čȍvjek"
      },
      "name": "sh-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "10": "čòvjeci",
        "11": "",
        "12": "čòvjecima",
        "13": "",
        "14": "čòvjecima",
        "2": "čòvjeci",
        "3": "",
        "4": "čȍvjēkā / čòvjēkā",
        "5": "",
        "6": "čòvjecima",
        "7": "",
        "8": "čòvjeke",
        "9": "",
        "title": "Archaic and slang plural, with nominative čòvjek"
      },
      "name": "sh-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "last name",
      "word": "Čović"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "last name",
      "word": "Čovo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Have you seen this man?",
          "text": "Jeste li vid(j)eli ovog čov(j)eka?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You're a dead man.",
          "text": "Ti si mrtav čov(j)ek.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.",
          "text": "Zanemarite čov(j)eka iza zav(j)ese.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man, person"
      ],
      "id": "en-čovjek-sh-noun-SwBpDXcD",
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 67 18 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sh",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "sh:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't want to be human, I want to be a robot!",
          "text": "Ne želim biti čov(j)ek, želim biti robot!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You're not evil, you're just...human.",
          "text": "Nisi zao, samo si...čov(j)ek.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "human"
      ],
      "id": "en-čovjek-sh-noun-eaVHh2jS",
      "links": [
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is better to fight with a [proper] man than to kiss with an unworthy one. From Grbalj.",
          "ref": "1849, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne poslovice [Serbian Folk Proverbs], Beč, page 27",
          "roman": "Bolje se s čoekom pobiti nego s rđom celivati. U Grblju.",
          "text": "Боље се с чоеком побити него с рђом целивати. У Грбљу.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person of integrity, mensch"
      ],
      "id": "en-čovjek-sh-noun-JpNsJ4hE",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "integrity",
          "integrity"
        ],
        [
          "mensch",
          "mensch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 11 31 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The weather and nature were indescribably dismal. In such moments, one becomes ill-willed, drowsy and dissatisfied.",
          "ref": "1882, Ante Kovačić, Fiškal [The Advocate], Zagreb: Bulaja naklada, published 2013, page 28",
          "text": "Vrijeme i narav bijahu neopisivo sumorni. U takvim časovima čovjek biva zlovoljan, dremovan i nezadovoljan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used as an indefinite, general subject; any person in the given situation"
      ],
      "id": "en-čovjek-sh-noun-gOVJ1JGO"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃǒʋjek/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃôʋjek/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Ekavian"
      ],
      "word": "čovek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čovik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Chakavian",
        "Ikavian"
      ],
      "word": "človik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Kajkavian",
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "človek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "človjek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čoek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čojek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čoik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "čok"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ček"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "šlovek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "šovek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "čovjek"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
    "Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns",
    "Serbo-Croatian nouns",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "sh:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "čojstvo"
    },
    {
      "word": "čovječac"
    },
    {
      "word": "čovječan"
    },
    {
      "word": "čovječanstvo"
    },
    {
      "word": "čovječnost"
    },
    {
      "word": "čovječuljak"
    },
    {
      "word": "čovjekolik"
    },
    {
      "word": "čovještvo"
    },
    {
      "word": "čovo"
    },
    {
      "word": "čovuljak"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "človjek"
      },
      "expansion": "človjek",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*čьlověkъ"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "*čelověkъ",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*kelawaikas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *kelawaikas",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From older človjek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kelawaikas.",
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    {
      "form": "čòvjek",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjek",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̀вјек",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјек",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sh-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvječe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvječe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjekom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sh-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovjèka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovjèku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovjèka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvječe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovjèku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovjèkom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sh-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjeka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjeku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjeka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvječe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljȗdi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjeku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjekom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ljúdima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "archaic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sh-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeci",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvjēkā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjēkā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjecima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjeci",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjecima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čòvjecima",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "head": "čòvjek",
        "head2": "čȍvjek"
      },
      "expansion": "čòvjek or čȍvjek m (Cyrillic spelling чо̀вјек or чо̏вјек)",
      "name": "sh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "čo‧vjek"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "čòvjek",
        "10": "ljȗdi",
        "11": "čòvjeku",
        "12": "ljúdima",
        "13": "čòvjekom",
        "14": "ljúdima",
        "2": "ljȗdi",
        "3": "čòvjeka",
        "4": "ljúdī",
        "5": "čòvjeku",
        "6": "ljúdima",
        "7": "čòvjeka",
        "8": "ljȗde",
        "9": "čȍvječe / čòvječe",
        "title": "Irregular declension, with nominative čòvjek"
      },
      "name": "sh-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "čȍvjek",
        "10": "ljȗdi",
        "11": "čovjèku",
        "12": "ljúdima",
        "13": "čovjèkom",
        "14": "ljúdima",
        "2": "ljȗdi",
        "3": "čovjèka",
        "4": "ljúdī",
        "5": "čovjèku",
        "6": "ljúdima",
        "7": "čovjèka",
        "8": "ljȗde",
        "9": "čȍvječe",
        "title": "Irregular declension, with nominative čȍvjek"
      },
      "name": "sh-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "čȍvjek",
        "10": "ljȗdi",
        "11": "čȍvjeku",
        "12": "ljúdima",
        "13": "čȍvjekom",
        "14": "ljúdima",
        "2": "ljȗdi",
        "3": "čȍvjeka",
        "4": "ljúdī",
        "5": "čȍvjeku",
        "6": "ljúdima",
        "7": "čȍvjeka",
        "8": "ljȗde",
        "9": "čȍvječe",
        "title": "Irregular declension, with nominative čȍvjek"
      },
      "name": "sh-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "10": "čòvjeci",
        "11": "",
        "12": "čòvjecima",
        "13": "",
        "14": "čòvjecima",
        "2": "čòvjeci",
        "3": "",
        "4": "čȍvjēkā / čòvjēkā",
        "5": "",
        "6": "čòvjecima",
        "7": "",
        "8": "čòvjeke",
        "9": "",
        "title": "Archaic and slang plural, with nominative čòvjek"
      },
      "name": "sh-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "last name",
      "word": "Čović"
    },
    {
      "english": "last name",
      "word": "Čovo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Have you seen this man?",
          "text": "Jeste li vid(j)eli ovog čov(j)eka?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You're a dead man.",
          "text": "Ti si mrtav čov(j)ek.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.",
          "text": "Zanemarite čov(j)eka iza zav(j)ese.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man, person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't want to be human, I want to be a robot!",
          "text": "Ne želim biti čov(j)ek, želim biti robot!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You're not evil, you're just...human.",
          "text": "Nisi zao, samo si...čov(j)ek.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "human"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is better to fight with a [proper] man than to kiss with an unworthy one. From Grbalj.",
          "ref": "1849, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne poslovice [Serbian Folk Proverbs], Beč, page 27",
          "roman": "Bolje se s čoekom pobiti nego s rđom celivati. U Grblju.",
          "text": "Боље се с чоеком побити него с рђом целивати. У Грбљу.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person of integrity, mensch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "integrity",
          "integrity"
        ],
        [
          "mensch",
          "mensch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The weather and nature were indescribably dismal. In such moments, one becomes ill-willed, drowsy and dissatisfied.",
          "ref": "1882, Ante Kovačić, Fiškal [The Advocate], Zagreb: Bulaja naklada, published 2013, page 28",
          "text": "Vrijeme i narav bijahu neopisivo sumorni. U takvim časovima čovjek biva zlovoljan, dremovan i nezadovoljan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used as an indefinite, general subject; any person in the given situation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃǒʋjek/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃôʋjek/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Ekavian"
      ],
      "word": "čovek"
    },
    {
      "word": "čovik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chakavian",
        "Ikavian"
      ],
      "word": "človik"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kajkavian",
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "človek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "človjek"
    },
    {
      "word": "čoek"
    },
    {
      "word": "čojek"
    },
    {
      "word": "čoik"
    },
    {
      "word": "čok"
    },
    {
      "word": "ček"
    },
    {
      "word": "šlovek"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "šovek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "čovjek"
}

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