Хрват

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxr̩vat]
• Hyphenation: Хр‧ват

Noun

Хрват • (Hrvat) m (plural Хрвати, feminine Хрватка, diminutive Хрватче)

1. Croat

Declension

Declension of Хрват

	singular	plural
indefinite	Хрват (Hrvat)	Хрвати (Hrvati)
definite unspecified	Хрватот (Hrvatot)	Хрватите (Hrvatite)
definite proximal	Хрватов (Hrvatov)	Хрвативе (Hrvative)
definite distal	Хрватон (Hrvaton)	Хрватине (Hrvatine)
vocative	Хрвату (Hrvatu)	Хрвати (Hrvati)
count form	—	Хрвата (Hrvata)

See also

• Хрватка f (Hrvatka)
• хрватски (hrvatski)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Unknown and uncertain, but probably existed in Proto-Slavic as *xъrvatъ. See the discussion on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xř̩ʋaːt/

Noun

Хр̀ва̄т m (Latin spelling Hr̀vāt, female equivalent Хрва̀тица)

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

Declension

Declension of Хрват

	singular	plural
nominative	Хр̀ва̄т	Хрва́ти
genitive	Хрва́та	Хрвата
dative	Хрвату	Хрватима
accusative	Хрвата	Хрвате
vocative	Хрвате	Хрвати
locative	Хрвату	Хрватима
instrumental	Хрватом	Хрватима

Related terms

• Хр̀ва̄тска̄

Descendants

• → French: cravate (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: cravat

Cognates of the ethnonym in other languages mostly are via Latin Croata (e.g. English Croat).

Further reading

• Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Hr̀vāt”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN