Jevrejin
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Greek Εβραίος (Evraíos). Compare with Russian еврей (jevrej, “Еврей”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jěʋrejin/
- Hyphenation: Jev‧re‧jin
Noun
Jèvrejin m anim (Cyrillic spelling Јѐврејин, female equivalent Jèvrējka)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Jèvrejin | Jèvreji |
| genitive | Jèvrejina | Jе̏vrējā |
| dative | Jèvrejinu | Jèvrejima |
| accusative | Jèvrejina | Jèvreje |
| vocative | Jèvrejine | Jèvreji |
| locative | Jèvrejinu | Jèvrejima |
| instrumental | Jèvrejinom | Jèvrejima |
Derived terms
- Jèvrējče (diminutive)
- jevréjština (“Jewry”)
- jevréjstvo (“Jewry”)
- jèvrējski (“Jewish”)
- Ješa (“yid”)
References
- “Jevrejin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “Jevrejin”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 2, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1967, published 1990, page 573