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, female equivalent Sȑpkinja)

  1. Serb (a male of Serb ethnicity)
    „Ja sam Srbin”, rastumači mirno i dostojanstveno Tesla."I am a Serb", Tesla explained calmly and with dignity.
    Samo sloga Srbina spasavaOnly Unity Saves the Serbs (a Serb patriotic slogan)
    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 Srbin
singular plural
nominative Srbin Srbi
genitive Srbina Srba
dative Srbinu Srbima
accusative Srbina Srbe
vocative Srbine Srbi
locative Srbinu Srbima
instrumental Srbinom Srbima

Further reading

  • Srbin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026