šef
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Chef, from French chef.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃêf/
Noun
šȅf m anim (Cyrillic spelling ше̏ф)
- chief, boss, manager, director, head
- 2022, Marija Janković, “Izbori u Srbiji 2022: Ko su kandidati za predsednika Srbije”, in BBC Njuz[1]:
- Glasači u Srbiji 3. aprila biraće šefa države, najvišeg funkcionera za koga mogu direktno da glasaju.
- On April 3, voters in Serbia will elect the head of state, the highest official for whom they can vote directly.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | šȅf | šȅfovi |
| genitive | šefa | šefova |
| dative | šefu | šefovima |
| accusative | šefa | šefove |
| vocative | šefe | šefovi |
| locative | šefu | šefovima |
| instrumental | šefom | šefovima |
References
- “šef”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025