crven

See also: črven

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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
Declension

See also

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

References

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