Symbols & Abbreviations

The following symbols and abbreviations are used in the text (additional abbreviations appear in the Core Dictionary). Some abbreviations have links to the chapter or chapters where the term was introduced:

®	a point of difference within Croatia, or vs. Bosnia, Serbia or Montenegro
²	second-position word (also called enclitic) § 08
¨	word pronounced with the following word (also called proclitic) § 04
~	verb aspect pair (or triplet) § 37
~~	verb pair, with an inchoative perf. verb § 68
~¹	verb pair, with a semelfactive ('atomic') perf. verb § 68
°	impersonal verb in the present tense
«	stress moves one syllable to the left (in the Standard scheme) § 12
»	stress moves one syllable to the right
a	stressed vowel § 01
{m}	masculine speaker § 13
{f}	feminine speaker § 13
A	accusative case (the object case) § 03, 05, 14
A-pl	accusative case in plural
adj.	adjective § 10
DL	dative/locative case § 15, 17
DLI-pl	dative/locative/instrumental case in plural § 36
fem.	feminine (gender) § 10
G	genitive case § 20
G-pl	genitive case in plural § 44
I	instrumental case § 35
imper-2	imperative form of a verb, 2nd pers. singular § 53
imper-xpl	imperative form of a verb, xth person (x = 1, 2), plural § 53
impf.	imperfective (verb) § 37
inch.	inchoative perf. verb (start-of-state or start-of-action) § 68
indecl.	indeclinable noun or adjective, same in all cases
inf	infinitive (dictionary form of a verb) § 02
lit.	literally, word-by-word translation
masc.	masculine (gender) § 10
N	nominative case (the default, subject case)
N-pl	nominative case in plural § 25, 29
neut.	neuter (gender) § 10
past-y	past participle of a verb, in gender y (y = m, f, n) § 24
perf.	perfective (verb) § 37
plur.	plural
pres-x	present form of a verb, xth person (x = 1, 2, 3) § 02
pres-xpl	present form of a verb, xth person (x = 1, 2, 3), plural
sing.	singular
smlf.	semelfactive verb (an unit of action or a short action) § 68
V	vocative case § 72

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