Dictionary

abak | n. abacus.

abažur | n. lampshade.

abdikacija | n. abdication.

abdikova | n. to abdicate.

abhaz | n. Abkhaz.

abhazija | n. Abkhazia.

abhazski | adj. Abkhaz, Abkhazian.

ablativ | n. ablative.

abo | conj. or.

abolicjonija | n. abolition.

abolicjonist | n. abolitionist.

abolicjonizam | n. abolitionism.

abonement | n. subscription, membership, season ticket.

abonent | n. subscriber.

abrakadabra | interj. abracadabra.

abrikos | n. apricot.

alfavit | n. alphabet.

aligator | n. alligator.

amin | interj. amen.

baba | n. grandmother.

bacjon | n. stork.

bahai | n. Bahá’i.

bahaiski | adj. Bahá’i.

bahaizam | n. Bahá’ism.

bčela | n. bee.

bebe | n. baby, infantile.

bebeski | n. baby’s, infantile.

bedro | n. thigh.

beli | adj. white.

bi | part. makes following verb in the past tense conditional; would …

bitje | n. being.

blago | n. welfare, weal.

blagoslovinje | n. blessing.

blagoslovi | n. to bless.

blakit | n. azure, sky blue.

blakitni | adj. azure, sky blue.

bog | n. god, deity, God (when capitalized).

Bogorodica | n. Mother of God, Theotokos.

brada | n. beard.

brat | n. brother.

brov | n. eyebrow.

bruho | n. abdomen.

budist | n. Buddhist.

budistski | adj. Buddhist.

budizam | n. Buddhism.

čajka | n. gull, seagull.

čas | n. time, hour.

čeljust | n. jaw.

čelo | n. forehead.

černi | adj. black.

červeni | n. red.

če | part. makes the following verb future tense. Ex. “Me če hodi k dom,” I’m going home.

či | 1. conj. if, whether. Ex. “Či ti je moj drug?” Are you my friend?. 2. introduces a yes-no question. Ex. “Me ne zna, či me je pravi,” I don’t know if I’m right. “Me bude jed, či ti bi jed,” I will eat if you would. “Me bude jed, či ti bi jed či ne,” I will eat whether you do or not.

človek | n. person.

da | tv. to give.

ded | n. grandfather.

delikatni | adj. delicate.

derža | tv. to hold, to keep.

dete | n. child, kid.

detel | n. woodpecker.

deva | n. girl.

diha | iv. to breathe.

dla | prep. for, for …’s sake.

dlan | n. 1. palm. 2. hand.

dnes | adv. today.

dobri | adj. good.

dobro | adv. well.

dolina | n. valley.

dom | n. house, home.

dosta | tv. to get, to receive, to obtain, to download.

drevo | n. tree.

drug | n. friend.

duša | n. spirit, ghost.

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gad | n. reptile.

glava | n. 1. head; 2. chapter, heading.

gleda | tv.. to look, to watch, to look at.

glezen | n. ankle.

golen | n. shin.

gnev | n. anger, fury, wrath.

gneva | tv. to anger, to infuriate.

gnevlivi | n. easy to anger.

gnevni | n. angry, furious, wrathful.

golub | n. pidgeon, dove.

golubji | n. pidgeon’s, dove’s, columbine.

gora | n. 1. mountain, 2. top.

gospod | n. 1. lord, master. 2. sir.

grebe | tv. lto dig, to rake, to scrape.

greh | n. sin.

greši | n. to sin, to err, to be mistaken, to make a mistake, to transgress.

grešnik | n. sinner.

greh | n. sin.

grud | n. chest.

guba | n. lip.

gus | n. goose.

gusji | n. goose’s, related to geese.

ibo | conj. because, as, sin.

ide | iv. def. to go, to walk. (indef. hodi)

ime | n. name.

imenova | n. to call (someone a name), to name.

igra | 1. iv. to play. 2. n game.

iguana | n. iguana.

indik | n. turkey (bird).

islam | n. Islam.

iz | prep. from, out of, out from.

izgna | tv. to exile, to banish, to expel.

izgnanec | n. exile, banished person.

izgnanstvo | n. exile, banishment.

izgnanje | n. exile, banishment.

jaščer | n. lizard.

je | iv. to be. (verbal noun: bitje, future: bude, past: bil, imperative: budejte, present active participle: suči, past active participle: bivši)

jedinak | n. only child, only son.

jedinačka | n. only child, only daughter.

jedini | adj. only, sole, single, alone, lone.

jedino | adv. only, merely, singly.

jeha | iv. iv. indef. to go (by transportation), to ride. (def. jezdi)

jezdi | iv. iv. def. to go (by transportation), to ride. (indef. jeha)

jesen | n. autumn, fall, harvesttime.

jesenni | adj. autumnal, fall.

jesli | conj. if.

ječa | iv. to groan, to moan, to wail.

judaizam | n. Judaism.

k | n. prep. 1. to, towards; 2. up to. (used except when the following word starts with G or K, in which case ko is used)

kakadu | n. cockatoo.

kako | adv. how, as, like.

kako bi | conj. as if.

kanarik | n. canary.

Kanariski Ostrovi | n. Canaries, Canary Islands.

katolik | n. Catholic.

katoličski | n. Catholic.

kaza | tv. to tell (someone to do something), to order, to say (what to do). Ex. “On kazal k me, čto me ima dela,” They (sing.) were telling me what to do.

kljun | n. beak, bill.

ko | prep. 1. to, towards; 2. up to. (used only when the following word starts with G or K, in which case k is used)

koleno | n. knee.

kolibri | n. hummingbird.

kolk | n. hip.

kora | n. bark, treebark.

korica | n. cinnamon.

koričnovi | n. cinnamon, brown.

koren | n. root.

kot | n. cat.

koči | n. cat’s, feline.

koža | n. skin.

kniga | n. book.

kral | n. king.

kralica | n. queen.

kralovi | adj. king’s.

kralovski | adj. royal.

kralovstvo | adj. kingdom.

krilo | n. wing.

križ | n. cross.

krokodil | n. crocodile.

kusi | tv. to try, to attempt, to tempt.

kusinje | n. temptation.

kuzen | n. male cousin.

kuzina | n. female cousin.

kvet | n. flower.

labud | n. swan.

laj | n. bark (sound).

laja | iv. to bark.

lakot | n. elbow.

lanica | n. cheek.

lastovica | n. swallow (bird).

ledje | n. loins, small of the back.

letni | adj. summer, summery, estival.

leto | n. summer.

lice | n. face.

litka | n. calf (anatomy).

lični | adj. personal.

ličnost | adj. personality.

luska | n. scale (skin covering).

mali | adj. small, little.

materica | n. womb, uterus.

matka | n. mother.

medžu | prep. between, among.

mertvec | n. dead person.

mertvi | adj. dead.

mesec | n. moon.

miloserdje | n. compassion, kindness, mercy.

miloserdni | adj. compassionate, kind, merciful.

milost | n. grace, favor.

milostivi | adj. gracious, graceful, dispensing grace.

mlovi | iv. to speak.

moč | n. power.

modlinje | n. praying, prayer.

modli se | n. to pray.

modlitva | n. prayer.

može | iv. can, be able.

može je | phr. maybe, perhaps.

možlivi | adj. possible.

možni | adj. powerful, mighty, able.

moč | n. power.

musliman | adj. muslim.

muž | n. 1. man. 2. husband.

oboža | vt. to worship.

obrati se | iv. to turn, to turn oneself.

obrati | tv. to turn.

obuči | tv. to instruct, to train.

obučinje | n. instruction.

oca | n. father.

od | prep. of, from, away from, since, by (in passive sentences).

odpusti | tv. to forgive, to absolve, to let go..

odpustinje | n. forgiveness, absolution.

opusti | tv. to lower, to loosen, to let down, to lower, to abandon.

oče | n. eye.

okolje | n. environment.

opet | adv. again.

oplaka | tv. to mourn, to grieve.

orel | n. eagle.

ostrov | n. island.

pancir | n. shell (anatomy).

papugaj | n. parrot.

pav | n. peafowl, peacock.

pazuha | n. bossom.

pazur | n. talon, claw.

pega | n. freckle, mole, birthmark, beauty mark.

peklo | n. hell.

pelikan | n. pelican.

pen | n. trunk, tree trunk.

pero | n. feather.

pers | n. breast.

peta | n. heel.

peva | tv. to sing.

pingvin | n. penguin.

plavi | adj. blond, blonde.

plod | n. 1. fruit. 2. fetus.

po | n. 1. according to, per, à la, by, in the manner of; 2. for… each, for… and piece; 3. for (in pursuit of, to get); 4. for (the Xth time); 5. after, following; 6. along, alongside; 7. throughout, round, on (along a surface), all over, across.

plot | n. body, flesh.

pod | prep. under, underneath.

poče | tv. to begin, to start, to commence, to conceive.

poče se | iv. to begin, to start, to commence.

podbradok | n. chin.

podpazuha | n. armpit.

podrame | n. forearm.

pogled | n. look, glimpse, sight, view.

pogrebe | tv. to bury, to entomb, to inter.

pogrebenje | n. burial, funeral.

pol | n. gender, sex (social or biological category).

polovi | adj. sexual.

polovi organi | n. genitals, genitalia.

polni | adj. full.

pomaranča | n. orange (fruit).

pomarančovi | adj. orange’s, orange (color).

posle | 1. prep. after. 2. afterwards, thereafter.

pozor | n. attention.

pravi | adj. correct, right.

prepona | n. groin.

pri | prep. by, near.

pride | iv. def. to come, to arrive. (indef. prihodi)

prihodi | iv. indef. to come, to arrive. (def. pride)

prijezdi | iv. def. to come (by transportation), to arrive. (indef. prijeha)

prijeha | iv. indef. to come (by transportation), to arrive. (def. prijezdi)

prikaz | n. command, order.

prikaza | tv. to command, to order.

primlovi | iv. to intercede.

primlovnik | n. intercessor.

prosim | interj. please…, introduces a polite request.

psa | n. dog.

psovi | adj. dog’s, canine.

ptica | n. bird.

ptičji | adj. bird’s, avian.

pupok | n. navel.

purpur | n. purple.

purpurni | adj. purple.

rabota | 1. n. work. 2. v. to work.

rame | n. shoulder.

ravni | adj. equal.

ravnodenstvo | n. equinox.

razpe | tv. to span, to stretch, to unfasten, to unclasp, to unbutton.

razpe na križ | n. to crucify.

razume | tv. to understand, to comprehend.

razumenje | n. understanding, comprehension.

religija | n. religion.

religiozni | adj. religious.

resa | n. eyelash.

rilo | n. snout.

rodinje | n. birth.

rodi | tv. to birth, to give birth.

rodica | n. genertrix, birth giver.

rodina | n. family.

s | prep. 1. with, along with; 2. by, by means of. (used except when the following word starts with more than one consonant, in which case so is used)

serdce | n. heart.

sercovi | adj. cardiac, heart, cordial, hearty.

sestra | n. sister.

shodi | iv. to go down, to ascend.

sija | iv. to shine.

sikh | n. Sikh.

sikhiski | adj. Sikh.

sikhizam | n. Sikhism.

sin | n. son.

sini | adj. blue.

sivi | adj. grey, gray.

sladki | adj. sweet.

sladkost | n. sweetness.

slava | n. glory.

sleza | n. tear (from an eye).

sliša | v.tr. to hear.

slonce | n. sun.

sloncevrat | n. solstice.

slovan | n. Slav.

slovanski | n. Slavic.

sloven | n. Slovene.

slovenski | n. Slovene.

slovnik | n. dictionary.

slovo | n. word.

sluh | n. hearing, sense of hearing.

sluša | tv. to listen, to listen (to).

smeh | n. laughter.

smeja se | iv. to laugh.

smert | n. death.

snoha | n. daughter-in-law.

so | prep. 1. with, along with; 2. by, by means of. (used only when the following word starts with more than one consonant, in which case s is used)

sokol | n. falcon.

sova | n. owl.

spasi | tv. to save, to rescue.

spasitel | n. savior, saviour, rescuer.

stopa | n. foot.

strijec | n. paternal uncle.

sudi | tv. to judge.

suči | adj. being, present, current.

svet | n. world.

svetec | n. saint.

sveti | 1. adj. holy. 2. tv. to hallow, to sanctify, to consecrate.

Sveti Duša | n. Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost.

svetinje | n. hallowing, sanctification, consecration.

sveti se | v intr. to be hallowed, to be sanctified, to be consecrated.

v | prep. in, within, into. (used except when the following word starts with F or V, in which case v is used)

vece | adv. more, makes the following adjective or adverb comparative.

vede | tv. def. to lead, to guide. (indef. vodi).

vek | n. age, era, epoch.

vera | n. belief.

veri | tv. to believe.

veseni | adj. spring, vernal.

vesna | n. spring, springtime.

vetve | n. branch.

večni | adj. eternal.

večnost | n. eternity.

vita | tv. to welcome, to greet.

vitanje | n. welcome, greeting.

vitaj | inter. welcome, greetings.

vnuk | n. grandson.

vnučka | n. granddaughter.

vodi | tv. indef. to lead, to guide. (indef. vede).

voda | n. water.

vodi | adj. water, aquatic.

vodu | n. Vodou, Voodoo, Vodun.

voduist | n. Vodouisant, Voodooist, Vodouyizan.

voduizan | n. Vodouisant, Voodooist, Vodouyizan.

volja | n. will.

voz | prep. up. Ex. “Me je hodil voz holm,” I went up the hill.

vozdiha | iv. to sigh.

vozhodi | iv. to go up, to ascend.

vozkresa | iv. to resurrect.

vrabec | n. sparrow.

vrana | n. crow.

vrat | n. return.

vrati | tv. to return.

vrati se | iv. to return.

vreme | n. season.

vreme od rok | n. season of the year.

vsakodenni | adj. daily, every day, quotidian.

vsakodenno | adv. daily, every day.

vsemožuči | n. all-mighty, omnipotent.

za | prep. for, for the purpose of.

zato že | prep. because, inasmuch as.

zadnica | n. buttock.

zapestje | n. wrist.

zarabota | n. to earn.

Zaratuštra | n. Zoroaster.

zautra | adv. tomorrow.

zdravi | adj. health.

zdravo | 1. adv. healthily. 2. interj. hello.

zeleni | adj. green, verdant.

zemja | n. earth, land.

zemni | adj. terrestial.

zet | n. son-in-law.

zima | n. winter.

zimovi | adj. winter, hibernal.

zli | adj. evil, bad.

zlo | 1. n. evil, bad. 2. adv. badly.

zna | tv. snake.

znanje | n. knowlege.

zoroastrec | n. Zoroastrian.

zoroastriski | adj. Zoroastrian.

zoroastizam | n. Zoroastrianism.

zov | n. call.

zva | tv. 1. to call (someone); to summon, to beckon. 2. to call (someone a name). “Znajte me Pjotor,” Call me Peter.

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