Serbian

See also: serbian

English

Etymology

From Serb +‎ -ian or Serbia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)biːən/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

Serbian (comparative more Serbian, superlative most Serbian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language.
    • 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Tuesday’s ICJ ruling relates specifically to what Serbian forces did in Croatia between 1991 and 1995.

Derived terms

Noun

Serbian (countable and uncountable, plural Serbians)

  1. (countable) A native or inhabitant of Serbia.
    • 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN‎[2]:
      The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.
  2. (countable) A Serb.
  4. (uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.
  5. (historical) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Serbia.

Usage notes

A distinction is often made between Serbian (“a person from Serbia”) and Serb (“a person of Serb ethnicity not necessarily from Serbia”).

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Adjective

Serbian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Serbia and Serbians.
    • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎[3]:
      In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic.
  2. Of or pertaining to Serbian language.

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See also

  • Appendix:Alphabets#Serbian (Roman)
  • Appendix:Alphabets#Serbian (Cyrillic)
  • Serbian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Appendix:Serbian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Serbian

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Finnish

Proper noun

Serbian

  1. genitive singular of Serbia
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