človek

• čovjek (Ijekavian)
• čovek (Ekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *člověkъ, *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ.

človek m (Cyrillic spelling чловек)

1. (archaic, Kajkavian) man; person; human
   • 1578, Anthon Vramecz, Kronika‎^[1], Lublana, page 1 recto:

     Adam i Eua nai perua Chloueka bezta ztuoriena.

     [Adam i Eva najprva človeka besta stvorjena.]

     The very first people, Adam and Eve, were created.

   • 1593, Cantio de matrimonio, N.N.:

     Nei dobro človeku samomu biti,
     potrebno mu je tuvarušu biti,
     k njemu primerjen tuvaruš biti,
     zato mo pomoč imeimo stvoriti.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1644, De paenitentia, N.N.:

     Rožica na polju lepo friško cvete:
     takajše mlad človek tu na ovom svete,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1701, O, Ježuše, slatko ime, N.N.:

     Misli, človek, sad živuči, ter pogledaj v grob smrdeči:
     Kam ja idem, tam ti dojdeš, otkuda se ne povrneš.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1886, Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, Pod starim krovovima:

     Kakav je to kršan človek bil, nikad ne bi bil mislil, da bu on prije mene.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1936, Miroslav Krleža, “Keglovichiana”, in Balade Petrice Kerempuha (Sabrana djela Miroslava Krleže), Sarajevo / Zagreb: NIŠRO "Oslobođenje" / IKRO "Mladost", published 1982, page 115:

     Se sami Madžari, grofi, dunajski, taljanski,
     ni jeden je ne človek, ni jeden ne zna naški.

     Here are only Hungarians, counts, Viennese, Italian,
     none of them is a human, none of them knows our language.

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

človek

Wikipedia ^sk

• cžlowek, člowek, czlowiek, člowěk, czlowek (obsolete)

Singular forms from Proto-Slavic *člověkъ, *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ; plural forms from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje (“people, men”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃlɔvek]

človek m pers (genitive singular človeka, nominative plural ľudia, genitive plural ľudí)

1. person, man (i.e., a human being regardless of gender)

• “človek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

človek

Wikipedia ^sl

Singular and dual forms from Proto-Slavic *člověkъ, *čьlověkъ; plural forms from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje (“people, men”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃlɔ̀ːʋɛk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːʋɛk
• Hyphenation: člo‧vek

člóvek m anim

1. human; person
2. (regional) husband^[→SSKJ]

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• móški, žẹ́nska
• osẹ̑ba

• “človek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “človek”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references