Hrvat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ; further derivation is unknown and uncertain. See Etymology of Croatia on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xř̩ʋaːt/
  • Hyphenation: Hr‧vat

Noun

Hr̀vāt m anim (Cyrillic spelling Хр̀ва̄т, female equivalent Hrvàtica)

  1. Croat or Croatian (male, male and female or unspecified)
    Hrvati su najhrabriji narod na svetu, ne zato što se ničega ne boje, nego zato što se ničega ne stide. ― Croats are the bravest people in the world, not because they're not afraid of anything, but because they're not ashamed of anything. (quote by Jovan Dučić)
    Srbi i Hrvati su jedan te isti komad kravlje balege koji je kotač zaprežnih kola povijesti slučajno prerezao na pola. ― Serbs and Croats are one and the same piece of cow dung that the wheel of history accidentally cut in half. (quote by Miroslav Krleža)

Declension

Declension of Hrvat
singular plural
nominative Hr̀vāt Hrváti
genitive Hrváta Hrvata
dative Hrvatu Hrvatima
accusative Hrvata Hrvate
vocative Hrvate Hrvati
locative Hrvatu Hrvatima
instrumental Hrvatom Hrvatima

Descendants

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