govor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govorъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôvoːr/

Noun

gȍvōr m (Cyrillic spelling го̏во̄р)

1. speech

   Kraljev govor ― The King's Speech (Movie)

2. talk, saying

Declension

Declension of govor

	singular	plural
nominative	gȍvor	gȍvori
genitive	gȍvora	gȍvōrā
dative	gȍvoru	gȍvorima
accusative	gȍvor	gȍvore
vocative	gȍvore	gȍvori
locative	gȍvoru	gȍvorima
instrumental	gȍvorom	gȍvorima

Derived terms

• dogovor
• govoriti
• govorni
• govornica
• govornik
• nagovor
• odgovor
• prigovor
• razgovor
• zagovor
• zagovornik

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govorъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ́ːʋɔr/

Noun

gȏvor m inan

1. speech
2. talk

Declension

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.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	gôvor
gen. sing.	gôvora
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gôvor	gôvora	gôvori
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gôvora	gôvorov	gôvorov
dative (dajȃlnik)	gôvoru	gôvoroma	gôvorom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gôvor	gôvora	gôvore
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gôvoru	gôvorih	gôvorih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gôvorom	gôvoroma	gôvori

Derived terms

• govoren
• govoriti

(prefixed forms and their respective derivatives):

• dogovor
  • dogovoren
  • dogovoriti
• izgovor
  • izgovoren
  • izgovoriti
• nagovor
  • nagovoren
  • nagovoriti
• odgovor
  • odgovoren
  • odgovoriti
• pogovor
  • pogovoren
  • pogovoriti
• predgovor
• pregovor
  • pregovoren
  • pregovoriti
• ugovor
  • ugovoriti
• zagovor
  • zagovoren
  • zagovoriti

Further reading

• “govor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025