zvijer

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

zvȇr (Ekavian)
zvir (Ikavian)

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

Declension of zvijer

	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

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