zver

See also: Zver and zvěř

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• zvijȇr (Ijekavian)
• zvir (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

Noun

zvȇr f (Cyrillic spelling зве̑р)

1. beast, wild animal

Declension

Declension of zver

	singular	plural
nominative	zver	zveri
genitive	zveri	zveri
dative	zveri	zverima
accusative	zver	zveri
vocative	zveri	zveri
locative	zveri	zverima
instrumental	zverju	zverima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źwēˀrís, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʋéːr/

Noun

zvẹ̑r f

1. beast (non-human animal)

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.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	zvér
gen. sing.	zverí
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zvér	zverí	zverí
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zverí	zverí	zverí
dative (dajȃlnik)	zvéri	zveréma	zverém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zvér	zverí	zverí
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zvéri	zveréh	zveréh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zverjó	zveréma	zvermí

Further reading

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