Hrvat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ; further derivation is unknown and uncertain. See Etymology of Croatia on Wikipedia. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xř̩ʋaːt/
• Hyphenation: Hr‧vat

Noun

Hr̀vāt m anim (Cyrillic spelling Хр̀ва̄т, female equivalent Hrvàtica)

1. Croat or Croatian (male, male and female or unspecified)

   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)

   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

Declension of Hrvat

	singular	plural
nominative	Hr̀vāt	Hrváti
genitive	Hrváta	Hrvata
dative	Hrvatu	Hrvatima
accusative	Hrvata	Hrvate
vocative	Hrvate	Hrvati
locative	Hrvatu	Hrvatima
instrumental	Hrvatom	Hrvatima

Related terms

• Hr̀vātskā

Descendants

• → French: cravate
  • Mauritian Creole: kravat
  • → Gulf Arabic: كرفتة (karafitta)
  • → Dutch: kravat
  • → English: cravat
  • → Esperanto: kravato
  • → Galician: gravata
  • → German: Krawatte
    • → Czech: kravata
    • → Danish: kravat
    • → Serbo-Croatian: kravata
    • → Slovak: kravata
    • → Ukrainian: краватка (kravatka)
  • → Greek: γραβάτα (graváta)
  • → Irish: carbhat
  • → Italian: cravatta
    • → Hijazi Arabic: كرفتة (karafitta, karavitta)
    • → Spanish: corbata
      • → Cebuano: korbata
      • → Maranao: korbata
      • → Sambali: korbata
      • → Tagalog: kurbata
      • → Yogad: kurbata
  • → Manx: carvat
  • → Persian: کراوات (kerâvât)
  • → Polish: krawat
  • → Portuguese: gravata
  • → Turkish: kravat
  • → Vietnamese: cà vạt
• → Venetan: croata
• → Middle Low German: krabat
  • Danish: krabat