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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / Core Diconary 554 / 600

Core Dictionary

A small, 'core' dictionary is included.

Each item contains a base word, and one or more derived words:

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):

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