Srbin
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sr̩̂bin/
Audio (Central Serbia): (file) - Hyphenation: Sr‧bin
Noun
Sȑbin m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ср̏бин)
- Serb (a male of Serb ethnicity)
- "Ja sam Srbin" - rastumači mirno i dostojanstveno Tesla. ― "I am a Serb" - Tesla explained calmly and with dignity.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Srbin | Srbi |
| genitive | Srbina | Srba |
| dative | Srbinu | Srbima |
| accusative | Srbina | Srbe |
| vocative | Srbine | Srbi |
| locative | Srbinu | Srbima |
| instrumental | Srbinom | Srbima |
Related terms
Further reading
- “Srbin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025