tovariš

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč, “comrade”), from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toʋâːriʃ/
• Hyphenation: to‧va‧riš

Noun

tovȃriš m (Cyrillic spelling това̑риш)

1. comrade

Declension

Declension of tovariš

	singular	plural
nominative	tovȃriš	tovariši
genitive	tovȃriša	tovȃrišā
dative	tovarišu	tovarišima
accusative	tovariša	tovariše
vocative	tovariše	tovariši
locative	tovarišu	tovarišima
instrumental	tovarišem	tovarišima

Further reading

• “tovariš”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč, “comrade”), from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʋáːriʃ/

Noun

tovȃriš m anim (female equivalent tovarišíca)

1. comrade

Inflection

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 anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	továriš
gen. sing.	továriša
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	továriš	továriša	továriši
genitive (rodȋlnik)	továriša	továrišev	továrišev
dative (dajȃlnik)	továrišu	továrišema	továrišem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	továriša	továriša	továriše
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	továrišu	továriših	továriših
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	továrišem	továrišema	továriši

Further reading

• “tovariš”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025