cvet

See also: cvět

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• cvijȇt (Ijekavian)
• cvȋt (Ikavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *květъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʋêːt/

Noun

cvȇt m inan (Cyrillic spelling цве̑т) (Ekavian)

1. flower
2. blossom, bloom
3. prime, peak, heyday (best period of something)
4. (archaic) color

Declension

Declension of cvet

	singular	plural
nominative	cvȇt	cvȅtovi
genitive	cvȇta	cvetóvā
dative	cvȇtu	cvetòvima
accusative	cvȇt	cvȅtove
vocative	cvȇte	cvȅtovi
locative	cvétu	cvetòvima
instrumental	cvȇtom	cvetòvima

Slovene

Cvet

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *květъ. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʋéːt/

Noun

cvẹ̑t m inan

1. flower
2. blossom
3. bloom

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	cvét
gen. sing.	cvéta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	cvét	cvéta	cvéti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	cvéta	cvétov	cvétov
dative (dajȃlnik)	cvétu	cvétoma	cvétom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	cvét	cvéta	cvéte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	cvétu	cvétih	cvétih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	cvétom	cvétoma	cvéti

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	cvét
gen. sing.	cvéta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	cvét	cvetôva	cvetôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	cvéta	cvetôv	cvetôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	cvétu	cvetôvoma	cvetôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	cvét	cvetôva	cvetôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	cvétu	cvetôvih	cvetôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	cvétom	cvetôvoma	cvetôvi

Further reading

• “cvet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026