Serb

See also: serb, șerb, Șerb, serb., and Serb.

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srbi, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ (“ally, Serb, Sorb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servo (“I guard, I protect”), Old English searu (“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman”), Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (ha^uruuaⁱti, “to guard”). Doublet of Sorb.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝb/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːb/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b

Noun

Serb (plural Serbs)

1. A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)
   • 2023 May 30, Christian Edwards, “Why did ethnic Serbs attack NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo? Here’s what we know”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

person of Serb descent — see also Serbian

• Afrikaans: Serwiër
• Albanian: serb (sq) m, serbe f
• Arabic: صِرْبِيّ m (ṣirbiyy), صِرْبِيَّة f (ṣirbiyya)
• Armenian: սերբ (hy) (serb)

  Middle Armenian: սերֆ (serf)

• Azerbaijani: serb
• Belarusian: серб m (sjerb), се́рбка f (sjérbka), сэрб m (serb), сэ́рбка f (sérbka) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: সার্ব (bn) (śarbo)
• Bulgarian: съ́рбин (bg) m (sǎ́rbin), сръбки́ня f (srǎbkínja)
• Catalan: serb m, serba f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞爾維亞人 / 塞尔维亚人 (zh) (sāi'ěrwéiyàrén)

• Czech: Srb (cs) m, Srbka (cs) f
• Danish: serber
• Dutch: Serviër (nl) m, Servische (nl) f
• Esperanto: serbo, serbino (woman)
• Estonian: serblane
• Faroese: serbi m
• Finnish: serbi (fi)
• French: Serbe (fr) m or f
• Galician: serbio (gl) m
• Georgian: სერბი (serbi)
• German: Serbe (de) m, Serbin (de) f
• Greek: Σέρβος (el) m (Sérvos)
• Hebrew: סרבי m (servi), סרבית f (servít)
• Hindi: सर्ब (sarb)
• Hungarian: szerb (hu)
• Icelandic: Serbi m
• Interlingua: serbo
• Irish: Seirbiach m
• Italian: serbo (it) m
• Japanese: セルビア人 (ja) (serubiajin)
• Kazakh: серб (serb)
• Korean: 세르비아인 (sereubiain), 세르비아 사람 (sereubia saram)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سربی (sirbî)

  Northern Kurdish: sirbî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: серб (serb)
• Latvian: serbs m, serbiete f
• Lithuanian: serbas (lt) m, serbė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Србин m (Srbin), Србинка f (Srbinka)
• Manx: Serbagh m
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: серб (serb)

  Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ (serbi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: serber m

• Pashto: صرب m or f (serb)
• Persian: صرب (fa) (serb)
• Polish: Serb (pl) m, Serbka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sérvio (pt) m, sérvia f
• Romanian: sârb (ro) m, sârbă (ro) f, sârboaică (ro) f
• Russian: серб (ru) m (serb), се́рбка (ru) f (sérbka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ср̏бин m, Ср̏пкиња f

  Roman: Sȑbin (sh) m, Sȑpkinja f

• Slovak: Srb m, Srbka f
• Slovene: Sŕb (sl) m, Sŕbkinja f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Serb m, Serbowka f

• Spanish: serbio (es) m, serbia (es) f
• Swedish: serb (sv) c, serbiska (sv) f
• Tagalog: Serbyo, Serbo-Croatian
• Turkish: Sırp (tr), Sırbistanlı
• Turkmen: serb
• Ukrainian: се́рбин m (sérbyn), серб m (serb), се́рбка f (sérbka)
• Uyghur: سېرب (sërb)
• Vietnamese: người Xéc-bi
• Vilamovian: Serb m

Adjective

Serb (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Serbs; Serbian.
   • 2018 January 16, Milena Veselinovic and Sheena McKenzie, “Leading Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic shot dead outside office”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Serbs or their culture — see Serbian

Related terms

• Serbia
• Serbo-Croatian

Anagrams

• 'erbs, ESRB, Erbs, Rebs, rebs

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛrp]

Noun

Serb m anim (feminine Serbowka)

1. Sorb
2. Serb

Declension

Declension of Serb

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Serb	Serba	Serby
Genitive	Serba	Serbowu	Serbow
Dative	Serboju	Serboma	Serbam
Accusative	Serba	Serbowu	Serby, Serbow
Instrumental	Serbom	Serboma	Serbami
Locative	Serbje	Serboma	Serbach

Derived terms

(Sorb):

• Dolnoserb, Dolnoserbowka
• Górnoserb, Górnoserbowka
• serbojski
• serbojstwo
• serbowaś
• serbownja
• serbski
• serbstwo
• serbšćina
• Serby

(Serb):

• Serbiska
• serbiski
• serbochorwatski
• serbochorwatšćina

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srb, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ.

Noun

Serb m (plural Serben, feminine Serbin)

1. Serb

Related terms

• serbesch

Manx

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Србија (Srbija).

Proper noun

Yn Serb m

1. Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Derived terms

• Serbagh
• Serbish

Mutation

Mutation of Serb

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Serb	Herb after "yn", Terb	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Srb, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ (“ally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrp/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrp
• Syllabification: Serb

Noun

Serb m pers (female equivalent Serbka)

1. Serb (person)

Declension

Declension of Serb

	singular	plural
nominative	Serb	Serbowie
genitive	Serba	Serbów
dative	Serbowi	Serbom
accusative	Serba	Serbów
instrumental	Serbem	Serbami
locative	Serbie	Serbach
vocative	Serbie	Serbowie

Related terms

(adjective):

• serbski

(noun):

• Serbia

Further reading

• Serb in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Serb in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srbi, from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ (“ally, Serb, Sorb”).

Noun

Serb m

1. Serb (person)