"човјек" meaning in Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃôʋjek/
Etymology: From older človjek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ, *čolvěkъ. Etymology templates: {{der|sh|sla-pro|*čьlověkъ}} Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ Head templates: {{sh-noun|чо̏вјек|m-an}} чо̏вјек m anim (Latin spelling čȍvjek) Forms: чо̏вјек [animate, canonical, masculine], čȍvjek [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], чо̏вјек [nominative, singular], љу̑ди [nominative, plural], чо̏вјека [genitive, singular], љу́дӣ [genitive, plural], чо̏вјеку [dative, singular], љу́дима [dative, plural], чо̏вјека [accusative, singular], љу̑де [accusative, plural], чо̏вјече [singular, vocative], љу̑ди [plural, vocative], чо̏вјеку [locative, singular], љу́дима [locative, plural], чо̏вјеком [instrumental, singular], љу́дима [instrumental, plural], čȍvek [alternative, Ekavian], čovik [alternative, Ikavian, Čakavian], človik [alternative, Ikavian, Čakavian], človek [alternative, obsolete], človjek [alternative, obsolete]
  1. man, person
    Sense id: en-човјек-sh-noun-SwBpDXcD Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 26 38
  2. human
    Sense id: en-човјек-sh-noun-eaVHh2jS Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 26 38
  3. person of integrity, mensch
    Sense id: en-човјек-sh-noun-JpNsJ4hE Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 26 38 Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header: 37 16 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0
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      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "sh",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "sh:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From older človjek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ, *čolvěkъ.",
  "forms": [
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    },
    {
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјек",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу̑ди",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјека",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу́дӣ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјеку",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу́дима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјека",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу̑де",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјече",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу̑ди",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјеку",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу́дима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјеком",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу́дима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvek",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ekavian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ikavian",
        "Čakavian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "človik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ikavian",
        "Čakavian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "človek",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "človjek",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "чо̏вјек",
        "2": "m-an"
      },
      "expansion": "чо̏вјек m anim (Latin spelling čȍvjek)",
      "name": "sh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "чо",
        "вјек"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 26 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "have you seen this man?",
          "text": "јесте ли видјели овог чов(ј)ека?",
          "translation": "have you seen this man?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you're a dead man",
          "text": "ти си мртав чов(ј)ек",
          "translation": "you're a dead man",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain",
          "text": "занемарите чов(ј)ека иза зав(ј)есе",
          "translation": "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man, person"
      ],
      "id": "en-човјек-sh-noun-SwBpDXcD",
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 26 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't want to be human, I want to be a robot!",
          "text": "не желим бити чов(ј)ек, желим бити робот!",
          "translation": "I don't want to be human, I want to be a robot!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you're not evil, you're just...human",
          "text": "ниси зао, само си...чов(ј)ек",
          "translation": "you're not evil, you're just...human",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "human"
      ],
      "id": "en-човјек-sh-noun-eaVHh2jS",
      "links": [
        [
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          "human"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        },
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          "_dis": "36 26 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 16 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "person of integrity, mensch"
      ],
      "id": "en-човјек-sh-noun-JpNsJ4hE",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "integrity",
          "integrity"
        ],
        [
          "mensch",
          "mensch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃôʋjek/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "човјек"
}
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    "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
    "Serbo-Croatian masculine animate nouns",
    "Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns",
    "Serbo-Croatian nouns",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "etymology_text": "From older človjek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ, *čolvěkъ.",
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      "tags": [
        "animate",
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    {
      "form": "čȍvjek",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјек",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу̑ди",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјека",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу́дӣ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјеку",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу́дима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјека",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу̑де",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјече",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу̑ди",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјеку",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу́дима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чо̏вјеком",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "љу́дима",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čȍvek",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ekavian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čovik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ikavian",
        "Čakavian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "človik",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ikavian",
        "Čakavian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "človek",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "človjek",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "чо̏вјек",
        "2": "m-an"
      },
      "expansion": "чо̏вјек m anim (Latin spelling čȍvjek)",
      "name": "sh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "чо",
        "вјек"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "have you seen this man?",
          "text": "јесте ли видјели овог чов(ј)ека?",
          "translation": "have you seen this man?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you're a dead man",
          "text": "ти си мртав чов(ј)ек",
          "translation": "you're a dead man",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain",
          "text": "занемарите чов(ј)ека иза зав(ј)есе",
          "translation": "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain",
          "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": "не желим бити чов(ј)ек, желим бити робот!",
          "translation": "I don't want to be human, I want to be a robot!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you're not evil, you're just...human",
          "text": "ниси зао, само си...чов(ј)ек",
          "translation": "you're not evil, you're just...human",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "human"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "person of integrity, mensch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "integrity",
          "integrity"
        ],
        [
          "mensch",
          "mensch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃôʋjek/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "човјек"
}

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