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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / Core Diconary 554 / 600Core DictionaryA 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 wordEach 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 gendern noun, neuter genderadj. adjectivepass. adj. passive adjectiveadv. adverbimpf. verb, imperfectiveperf. verb, perfectivev.p. verb pair: an imperfective and a perfective verbv.t. verb triplet: an imperfective and 2 perfective verbsBoth nouns and adjectives with specific case-bases have them immediately aftertheir nominative form.Nouns with non-obvious forms are listed with them. If a noun uses the prepositionna¨ in a obvious way (e.g. not on table), it's marked in the following way:l/a physical location/destinationact. 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 comesfirst. For example, prijatelj mª stands for both masculine and generic friend; thesame holds for lav mª lion; for a group of friends of mixed sex, you would useprijatelji; 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 usemasculine terms only for those cats and foxes you're sure they are masculine; for amixed group of cats, you would use mačke. Therefore, feminine nouns are listedfirst for cat and fox.It's assumed that two-syllable masc. nouns that have one-syllable case-base get justan -i in N-pl, as all masc. nouns with more than one syllable do:kupac (kupc-) mª customer, buyer → N-pl kupciWhen it's not the case, the N-pl is listed (and all plural forms follow from it):
Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / Core Diconary 555 / 600češalj (češlj-) m (N-pl češljevi)Adjectives (except for passive and relational adjectives) are assumed to have regularcomparatives (with -iji). If it's not so, the comparative is listed, if there's nocomparative, it's again marked as (no comp.)Verbs are listed with their arguments. Besides standard abbreviations (i.e. A =accusative, etc.) there are the following ones:CC content clauseDC desire clauseINF another verb in infinitiveCertain entries have a link to a chapter (or more chapters) with examples and usagenotes, marked with §.After that, there are regional and other variations, in curly braces {...}. They use thefollowing abbreviations:B parts of Bosnia-Herzegovinacolloq. colloquial in most of CroatiaE Ekavian (used in Serbia)HL h-less: Serbia, parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina, colloquially parts of CroatiaI Ikavian (parts of Dalmatia, Istria)M MontenegroNW Northwest Croatia, roughly greater Zagreb regionR colloquial in a part of CroatiaS Serbiastd. Standard Croatian
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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / Core Diconary 555 / 600
češalj (češlj-) m (N-pl češljevi)
Adjectives (except for passive and relational adjectives) are assumed to have regular
comparatives (with -iji). If it's not so, the comparative is listed, if there's no
comparative, it's again marked as (no comp.)
Verbs are listed with their arguments. Besides standard abbreviations (i.e. A =
accusative, etc.) there are the following ones:
CC content clause
DC desire clause
INF another verb in infinitive
Certain entries have a link to a chapter (or more chapters) with examples and usage
notes, marked with §.
After that, there are regional and other variations, in curly braces {...}. They use the
following abbreviations:
B parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina
colloq. colloquial in most of Croatia
E Ekavian (used in Serbia)
HL h-less: Serbia, parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina, colloquially parts of Croatia
I Ikavian (parts of Dalmatia, Istria)
M Montenegro
NW Northwest Croatia, roughly greater Zagreb region
R colloquial in a part of Croatia
S Serbia
std. Standard Croatian