Srbin

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sr̩̂bin/

• Audio (Central Serbia):

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• Hyphenation: Sr‧bin

Noun

Sȑbin m (Cyrillic spelling Ср̏бин)

1. Serb (a male of Serb ethnicity)

   "Ja sam Srbin" - rastumači mirno i dostojanstveno Tesla. ― "I am a Serb" - Tesla explained calmly and with dignity.

Declension

Declension of Srbin

	singular	plural
nominative	Srbin	Srbi
genitive	Srbina	Srba
dative	Srbinu	Srbima
accusative	Srbina	Srbe
vocative	Srbine	Srbi
locative	Srbinu	Srbima
instrumental	Srbinom	Srbima

Related terms

• sr̀bēnda
• Srbija
• Srbijánac
• Srbìjānka
• Sȑpkinja
• Sȑpskā

Further reading

• “Srbin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025