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Hrvat
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Serbo-Croatian
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Etymology
sh :inh sla-pro:*xъrvatъ
sh sla-pro *xъrvatъ; further derivation is unknown and uncertain. See Name of Croatia#Etymology Etymology of Croatia on Wikipedia. 15th century.
Pronunciation
Hr̀vāt
sh Hr vat
Noun
Hr̀vāt m-an Hrvàtica
Croat or Croatian (male, male and female or unspecified)
sh Hrvati su najhrabriji narod na svetu, ne zato što se ničega ne boje, nego zato što se ničega ne stide. Croats are the bravest people in the world, not because they're not afraid of anything, but because they're not ashamed of anything. (quote by Jovan Dučić)
sh Srbi i Hrvati su jedan te isti komad kravlje balege koji je kotač zaprežnih kola povijesti slučajno prerezao na pola. Serbs and Croats are one and the same piece of cow dung that the wheel of history accidentally cut in half. (quote by Miroslav Krleža)
Declension
Hr̀vāt Hrváti Hrváta Hrvátā Hrvátu Hrvátima Hrváta Hrváte Hȑvāte Hrváti Hrvátu Hrvátima Hrvátom Hrvátima
Related terms
sh Hr̀vātskā
Descendants
fr cravate 1
vec croata 1
gml krabat 1
da krabat
Further reading
Kapović Mate Čirgić Adnan Akcentuacija imeničkih o-osnova muškoga roda u Podgorici Lingua Montenegrina 29 1 Cetinje Fakultet za crnogorski jezik i književnost 2022 3-41 24 https://linguamontenegrina.me/index.php/lm/article/view/894 10.46584/lm.v29i1.894 https://web.archive.org/web/20260903104612/https://linguamontenegrina.me/index.php/lm/article/view/894 3 September 2026
sh Nationalities Male people