чловек
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak človek, from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ. Cognates include Slovak človek and Carpathian Rusyn чолові́к (čolovík).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃlɔvɛk]
- Rhymes: -ɔvɛk
- Hyphenation: чло‧век
Noun
чловек (človek) m pers (diminutive чловечок, augmentative чловечиско, related adjective члoвeкoв or члoвeчи or члoвeчeски)
Usage notes
- In the sense of "man", compared to хлоп (xlop), this is a more generic term and has less of an emphasis on gender.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чловек (človek) | людзе (ljudze) |
| genitive | чловека (človeka) | людзох (ljudzox) |
| dative | чловекови / чловеку (človekovi / človeku) | людзом (ljudzom) |
| accusative | чловека (človeka) | людзе (ljudze) |
| instrumental | чловеком (človekom) | людзми (ljudzmi) |
| locative | чловекови (človekovi) | людзох (ljudzox) |
| vocative | чловече (človeče) | людзе (ljudze) |
Interjection
чловек (človek)
- (in the vocative, informal) dude, bro, man, mate; informal way of addressing a male person
- Synonym: хлопе (xlope)
- цо то, чловече, з тобу? ― co to, človeče, z tobu? ― what is it with you, bro?
Usage notes
- Semantically comparable to Serbo-Croatian болан / bolan or човече / čoveče as an interjection.
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “чловек”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy