lovac

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lovьcь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lǒːʋat͡s/
  • Hyphenation: lo‧vac

Noun

lóvac m (Cyrillic spelling ло́вац)

  1. hunter
    • 1886, Ksaver Šandor Đalski, “Na Groblju”, in Pod Starimi Krovovi:
      Nisam bio strastven lovac, ali se ipak tako svaki put pridružih, jer je plandovanje po tim dragim zagorskim brdima uvijek puno tolikoga čara. Od rana jutra lovismo.
      I was not a passionate hunter, but I joined in each time nevertheless, because time spent in those dear Zagorje hills was always so full of charm. We hunted from early morning.
    Kažu da je lovac jeo ovde. ― They say that the hunter ate here.
  2. chaser
  3. (chess) bishop
  4. fighter plane

Declension
Declension of lovac
singular plural
nominative lóvac lovci
genitive lóvca lȍvācā
dative lovcu lovcima
accusative lovca lovce
vocative lȏvče lovci
locative lovcu lovcima
instrumental lovcem lovcima

See also
Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
kralj
краљ		 dama, kraljica
дама, краљица		 top, kula
топ, кула		 lovac, trkač, laufer
ловац, тркач, лауфер		 skakač, konj
скакач, коњ		 pješak, pešak, pion, pijun
пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун

References
  • “lovac” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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