govedo

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govędo, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew-n̥d- < *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǒʋedo/
• Hyphenation: go‧ve‧do

Noun

gòvedo n (Cyrillic spelling го̀ведо)

1. cattle (cow, ox, bull, calf)
2. (derogatory) stupid person

Declension

Declension of govedo

	singular	plural
nominative	gòvedo	goveda
genitive	gòveda	gȍvēdā
dative	govedu	govedima
accusative	govedo	goveda
vocative	govedo	goveda
locative	govedu	govedima
instrumental	govedom	govedima

Derived terms

• govedina

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *govędo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔʋéːdɔ/

Noun

govẹ̑do n

1. cattle, cow, bovine
2. (derogatory) clumsy or unrefined person, oaf

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	govédo
gen. sing.	govéda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	govédo	govédi	govéda
genitive (rodȋlnik)	govéda	govéd	govéd
dative (dajȃlnik)	govédu	govédoma	govédom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	govédo	govédi	govéda
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	govédu	govédih	govédih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	govédom	govédoma	govédi

Further reading

• “govedo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024