човек
/[t͡ʃo̟ˈvɛk]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.human, person
Този човек е странен.
Tozi čovek e stranen. — This person is strange.
- 2.man, woman
- 3.fellow, chap, guy, jack, bloke, gal, lass
- 4.creature
- 5.one, you, any person, an unspecified individual
- 6.colloquialperson, man (someone underneath someone else in hierarchy)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic чловѣкъ (člověkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čьlověkъ, *čelověkъ. Cognate with Russian челове́к (čelovék), Macedonian човек (čovek).
Forms
- чове́кcanonical • masculine
- čovékromanization
- чове́шкиadjective • relational
- чове́чеdiminutive
- чове́кindefinite • singular
- хо́раindefinite • plural
- чове́циarchaic • indefinite • plural
- лю́деarchaic • indefinite • plural
- чове́кътdefinite • singular • subjective
- хо́ратаdefinite • plural • subjective
- чове́цитеarchaic • definite • plural • subjective
- лю́детеarchaic • definite • plural • subjective
- чове́каdefinite • objective • singular
- хо́ратаdefinite • objective • plural
- чове́цитеarchaic • definite • objective • plural
- лю́детеarchaic • definite • objective • plural
- -count-form • singular
- ду́шиcount-form • plural
- чове́циarchaic • count-form • plural
- човѣкъalternative
- челове́кalternative • dated • literary
- человѣкъalternative • dated • literary
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Vocative | чове́че | хо́ра, чове́ци (archaic), лю́де (archaic) |
Vocative
Singular
чове́че
Plural
хо́ра, чове́ци (archaic), лю́де (archaic)