Serb

Appendix:Variations of "serb" English Etymology en 1 :der sh:Срби//Srbi<ety:inh<sla-pro:*sьrbъ>> From en sh Срби//Srbi, from en sla-pro *sьrbъ ally, Serb, Sorb, from en ine-pro *ser- to protect, watch over; akin to la servo to guard, to protect, ang searu weapons, armor, lt sárgas watchman, grc ἥρως hero, ae 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌, ae 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 to guard.458 Protect en Sorb. Pronunciation sûrb en /sɝb/ GenAm en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Serb.wav US en /sɜːb/ RP en /səːb/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Serb.wav Southern England en /sɛɾb/ Scotland en ɜː(ɹ)b 1 en Serb Noun A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). Compare Serbian. en w:National Geographic 1990 August 178 2 Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided Kenneth C. Danforth 100 No one knows where Serbian Prince Lazar fell, but a stone tower honors him and the other "heroes of Kosovo." In the summer of 1989 on the 600th anniversary of the battle a million Serbs came to this hilltop. Christian Edwards Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/europe/serbia-kosovo-nato-peacekeeper-protest-explainer-intl/index.html 2023-05-30 Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured after they were attacked by ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, during protests over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors. https://web.archive.org/web/20260208115324/https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/30/europe/serbia-kosovo-nato-peacekeeper-protest-explainer-intl/index.html 8 February 2026 Derived terms en pan-Serb Serbdom Serbhood Serbism Serbize Serbness White Serb Translations person of Serb descent Serbian Afrikaans: af Serwiër Albanian: sq serb m, sq serbe f Arabic: ar صِرْبِيّ m, ar صِرْبِيَّة f Armenian: hy սերբ Middle Armenian: axm սերֆ Asturian: ast serbiu m, ast serbia f Azerbaijani: az serb Belarusian: be серб m, be се́рбка f, be сэрб m, be сэ́рбка f Taraškievica Bengali: bn সার্ব Bulgarian: bg съ́рбин m, bg сръбки́ня f, bg сръ́бче n child, bg съ́рбинче n male child, bg сръбки́нче n female child Catalan: ca serb m, ca serba f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 塞爾維亞人, cmn 塞族 Czech: cs Srb m, cs Srbka f Danish: da serber Dutch: nl Serviër m, nl Servische f Esperanto: eo serbo, eo serbino woman Estonian: et serblane Faroese: fo serbi m Finnish: fi serbi French: fr Serbe m f Galician: gl serbio m Georgian: ka სერბი German: de Serbe m, de Serbin f Greek: el Σέρβος m Hebrew: he סרבי m servi, he סרבית f servít Hindi: hi सर्ब Hungarian: hu szerb Icelandic: is Serbi m Interlingua: ia serbo Irish: ga Seirbiach m Italian: it serbo m Japanese: ja セルビア人 serubiajin Kazakh: kk серб Korean: ko 세르비아인, ko 세르비아 사람 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb سربی Northern Kurdish: kmr sirbî Kyrgyz: ky серб Latvian: lv serbs m, lv serbiete f Lithuanian: lt serbas m, lt serbė f Macedonian: mk Србин m, mk Србинка f Manx: gv Serbagh m Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn серб Mongolian script: mn ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ Norwegian: Bokmål: nb serber m Pashto: ps صرب m f serb Persian: fa صرب serb Polish: pl Serb m, pl Serbka f Portuguese: pt sérvio m, pt sérvia f Romanian: ro sârb m, ro sârbă f, ro sârboaică f Russian: ru серб m, ru се́рбка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ср̏бин m, sh Ср̏пкиња f Latin: sh Sȑbin m, sh Sȑpkinja f Sicilian: scn serbu m, scn serba f Slovak: sk Srb m, sk Srbka f Slovene: sl Sŕb m, sl Sŕbkinja f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Serb m, dsb Serbowka f Spanish: es serbio m, es serbia f, es servio m Swedish: sv serb c, sv serbiska f Tagalog: tl Serbyo, tl Serbo-Croatian Turkish: tr Sırp, tr Sırbistanlı Ottoman Turkish: ota صرپ sırp Turkmen: tk serb Ukrainian: uk се́рбин m, uk серб m, uk се́рбка f Uyghur: ug سېرب Vietnamese: vi người Xéc-bi Vilamovian: wym Serb m Adjective - Of or pertaining to the Serbs; Serbian. Milena Veselinovic and Sheena McKenzie Leading Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic shot dead outside office https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/europe/kosovo-serb-politician-oliver-ivanovic-shot-dead-intl/index.html 2018-01-16 A prominent Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, was shot dead outside his party offices Tuesday morning, halting talks between Kosovar and Serb delegates that had been set to resume that day. https://web.archive.org/web/20250714162848/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/europe/kosovo-serb-politician-oliver-ivanovic-shot-dead-intl/index.html 14 July 2025 Translations of or pertaining to the Serbs or their culture Serbian Related terms en Serbia en Serbo-Croatian References Anagrams en bers 'erbs ESRB Erbs Rebs rebs en Ethnonyms Nationalities Serbia Lower Sorbian Etymology dsb :inh sla-pro:*sьrbъ From dsb sla-pro *sьrbъ. Pronunciation Noun m-an Serbowka Sorb en Serb Declension Serb 1 Derived terms Sorb dsb Dolnoserb,Dolnoserbowka Górnoserb,Górnoserbowka serbojski serbojstwo serbowaś serbownja serbski serbstwo serbšćina Serby Serb dsb Serbiska dsb serbiski dsb serbochorwatski dsb serbochorwatšćina dsb Demonyms Luxembourgish Etymology lb :der sh:Срби//Srbi<ety:inh<sla-pro:*sьrbъ>> From lb sh Срби//Srbi, from lb sla-pro *sьrbъ ally, Serb, Sorb Noun m Serbin en Serb Related terms lb serbesch Polish Etymology pl 1 2 :bor sh:Срби//Srbi<ety:inh<sla-pro:*sьrbъ<t:ally>>> Pronunciation Pl-#.ogg Noun m-pr ~ka en Serb person Declension <m.pr> Related terms pl adjective serbski pl noun Serbia Further reading Modern Standard Polish: 44658 + 4530 Historic dictionaries: 216 3 pl Male people Nationalities Upper Sorbian Etymology hsb :inh sla-pro:*sьrbъ 1 1 Cognate with dsb Serb. Pronunciation Noun m-pr Serbowka serbski Sorb member of a Slavic people living in Lusatia in eastern Germany A pokažmy druhdy z přiměrjenymi gestami, zo je runje nam Serbam Europa z rěčnej a kulturnej wjelorakosću najlubša. And sometimes, with appropriate gestures, we Sorbs show that we in particular prefer Europe with its linguistic and cultural diversity. 198 Declension m.pr.locje.nompl:Serbja:Serbjo Derived terms hsb adjectives serbiski serbochorwatski hsb nouns Delnjoserb<g:m-pr>,Delnjoserbowka<g:f> Hornjoserb<g:m-pr>,Hornjoserbowka<g:f> Južny Serb<g:m-pr>,Južna Serbowka<g:f> serbochorwatšćina<g:f> serbowžračk<g:m-pr> serbšćina<g:f> serbstwo<g:n> hsb proper nouns Serbiska<g:f> hsb verbs serbować<g:impf> Further reading Serb 630 hsb Demonyms Male people Vilamovian Etymology wym :der sh:Срби//Srbi<ety:inh<sla-pro:*sьrbъ>> From wym sh Срби//Srbi, from wym sla-pro *sьrbъ ally, Serb, Sorb Noun m en Serb person