CilmeBorrowed from Serbo-Croatian Србин (Srbin), itself from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servō (“I guard, I protect”), Old English searu (“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman”), Latvian sargs (“watchman”), Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haᵘruuaⁱti, “he guards”).
- declension-1, masculinea (male) Serbian, a man from Serbia or of Serbian descent
“Bosnijas serbi” — Bosnian Serbs
“Kosovas serbi” — Kosovan Serbs
“satikām divus serbus” — we met two Serbs
- declension-1, genitive, masculine, pluralSerbian, pertaining to Serbia and its people
“serbu valoda” — the Serbian language
“serbu literatūra” — Serbian literature
“serbu vēsture” — Serbian history
Formasserbiete(feminine) · serbs(nominative, singular) · serbi(nominative, plural) · serba(genitive, singular) · serbu(genitive, plural) · serbam(dative, singular) · serbiem(dative, plural) · serbu(accusative, singular) · serbus(accusative, plural) · serbu(instrumental, singular) · serbiem(instrumental, plural) · serbā(locative, singular) · serbos(locative, plural) · serb(singular, vocative) · serbi(plural, vocative)
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