crven

See also: črven

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrvenъ, which is a passive participle of *čьrviti (“dye using červec”), where červec is a kind of worm used as a red dye (compare cȓv (“worm”)).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsřʋen/
  • Hyphenation: cr‧ven

Adjective

cr̀ven (definite cr̀venī, comparative crveniji, Cyrillic spelling цр̀вен)

  1. red
    upali crveno sv(j)etlo ― switch to red light
    sm(ij)em piti/da pijem crveno vino ― I' m allowed to drink red wine"
    kosa joj je oprana, usne crvene, a zubi b(ij)eli ― her hair is washed, her lips are red, and her teeth are white
    stisni crveno dugme ― push the red button
    crveni su opet ugrabili vlast na izborima ― communists have won the elections again
  2. ruddy, rubicund
    crveni obrazi ― ruddy cheeks
  3. gules
Declension

Etymology 2

From the adjective cr̀ven (“red”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsr̂ʋeːn/
  • Hyphenation: cr‧ven

Noun

cȑvēn f (Cyrillic spelling цр̏ве̄н)

  1. red (color, or something red-colored)
  2. (feminine) the red color
    moja omiljena boja je crvena ― my favorite color is red
  3. scarlet fever
  4. (colloquial) revolutionary, Red
    crveni se pregrupiraju na granici ― the Reds are regrouping at the border
  5. (masculine) a Red Army soldier (or other people's army)
  6. (masculine, derogatory) sympathizer or a member of extreme left; a communist
  7. (feminine, Serbia, colloquial) a 1000 dinar banknote
Declension

See also

Colors in Serbo-Croatian · boje / боје (layout · text)
     bijel/бијел, beo/бео      siv/сив, sinji/сињи      crn/црн
             crven/црвен, rumen/румен              narandžast/наранџаст, narančast/наранчаст; smeđ/смеђ, braon/браон              žut/жут; žut/жут
             zelen/зелен              zelen/зелен             
             tirkizan/тиркизан, cijan/цијан; tirkizan/тиркизан              plav/плав              modar/модар
             ljubičast/љубичаст; modar/модар, indigo/индиго              ljubičast/љубичаст, magenta/магента; ljubičast/љубичаст              ružičast/ружичаст, roza/роза

References

  • “crven” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “crven”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 812
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