zvijer
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweh₁r.[1] First attested in the 14th century.
Noun
zvijȇr f (Cyrillic spelling звије̑р)
- beast, wild animal
- Ljepotica i zvijer
- The Beauty and the Beast
- beast (a person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zvijer | zvijeri |
| genitive | zvijeri | zvijeri |
| dative | zvijeri | zvijerima |
| accusative | zvijer | zvijeri |
| vocative | zvijeri | zvijeri |
| locative | zvijeri | zvijerima |
| instrumental | zvijerju | zvijerima |
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “zvijȇr”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 610