A small, 'core' dictionary is included.
Each item contains a base word, and one or more derived words:
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brod m ship · brodski rel adj. |
— base word — derived word |
Each word is defined with its form (here: brod), type (here: m) and meaning (here: ship). The types are abbreviated as follows:
| m | noun, masculine gender (not people/animals) |
| mª | noun, masculine gender (people/animals) |
| f | noun, feminine gender |
| n | noun, neuter gender |
| adj. | adjective |
| pass. adj. | passive adjective |
| adv. | adverb |
| impf. | verb, imperfective |
| perf. | verb, perfective |
| v.p. | verb pair: an imperfective and a perfective verb |
| v.t. | verb triplet: an imperfective and 2 perfective verbs |
Both nouns and adjectives with specific case-bases have them immediately after their nominative form.
Nouns with non-obvious forms are listed with them. If a noun uses the preposition na¨ in a obvious way (e.g. not on table), it's marked in the following way:
| l/a | physical location/destination |
| act. | used metaphorically, as activity (e.g. na kavi) |
| met. | meteorological conditions (e.g. na suncu) |
Terms with gender pairs (mª and f) are listed in a way that the generic noun comes first. For example, prijatelj mª stands for both masculine and generic friend; the same holds for lav mª lion; for a group of friends of mixed sex, you would use prijatelji; for a group of lions, lavovi, unless all are females.
However, generic names for cat and fox are mačka f and lisica f; you would use masculine terms only for those cats and foxes you're sure they are masculine; for a mixed group of cats, you would use mačke. Therefore, feminine nouns are listed first for cat and fox.
It's assumed that two-syllable masc. nouns that have one-syllable case-base get just an -i in N-pl, as all masc. nouns with more than one syllable do:
kupac (kupc-) mª customer, buyer → N-pl kupci
When it's not the case, the N-pl is listed (and all plural forms follow from it):
češalj (češlj-) m (N-pl češljevi)
Adjectives (except for passive and relational adjectives) are assumed to have regular comparatives (with -iji). If it's not so, the comparative is listed, if there's no comparative, it's again marked as (no comp.)
Certain entries have a link to a chapter (or more chapters) with examples and usage notes, marked with §.
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