zvir
See also: звір
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zvěrь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰweh₁r.
Noun
zvir f (Cyrillic spelling звир)
- (Chakavian, Ikavian) beast, wild animal
- 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):
- ovoj zviri ne dopusti
- da me razdre nje čeljusti!
- 1556, Petar Hektorović, Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje:
- Od divjih jest zviri nesramni laživac,
I kî dobrih tiri, zlobni razpravljivac;- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:
- Za te trče zviri po pustih planinah,
ptica krila širi, pase sa živina.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):
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