Serbian words starting with I

• iand
• i tȏ je nȅštowell, that's something at least
• ȉakoalthough
• ìćito go
• ìći nȅkome na žívceto get on someone's nerves
• ȉdē nȅkakogetting by — the standard answer to 'how are things'
• idéjaidea
• ȉdēmI go
• identìtētidentity (incl. establishing who someone is)
• ideològijaan ideology
• ȉdi bèstragaget lost (sharp but not obscene)
• ìgragame
• ìgra réčīwordplay, a pun
• ìgrāčplayer
• ìgračkatoy
• ìgralīšteplayground
• ìgratito play (a game); also to dance
• ìgrati na sȉgūrnoto play it safe
• ìgrati ùloguto play a role (alongside glumiti)
• ijékavicathe ijekavian pronunciation: mlijeko, lijep, vrijeme
• íkavicathe ikavian pronunciation: mliko, lip
• ìkonaicon
• ìkonicaicon (on screen; ikona means only a religious icon)
• ȉlior
• ȉmām ràčūn"I have the receipt"
• ȉmāte li nȅšto da prijávitedo you have anything to declare? (customs officer)
• ìmatito have
• ìmati dèbele žívceto have nerves of steel (literally, thick nerves)
• ìmati prȁvoto be right; to have a right — na + accusative
• ìmati pȕne rȗke pòslato have one's hands full
• ìmati pȕtra na glávito have something to answer for oneself (literally, butter on one's…
• ìmati smȉslato make sense — noun stays in the genitive
• ìmati u víduto bear in mind, keep in view
• ìmati ȕticājto have influence — na + accusative
• ìmati zȗb na nȅkogato have it in for someone, to bear a grudge
• ȉmename
• ȉme i prȅzimefull name
• ìmplantimplant
• implementácijaimplementation (implementacija zahteva); used in speech, not only in…
• implementíratito implement (biaspectual; in casual speech more often odraditi…
• implikácijaan implication
• ȉnāčeotherwise; by the way
• ìnātspite, defiant stubbornness
• ìndeksstudent record book
• inflácijainflation
• informácijainformation
• ȉnfostanconsolidated utility bill
• ìnfūzijaIV drip, infusion
• injèkcijainjection
• ìnsektinsect (colloquially buba)
• insistíratito insist — na + locative (insistirati na roku, na svom predlogu)…
• instalíratito install
• institúcijaan institution (a concrete establishment is ustanova)
• integrácijaintegration (into a society)
• integrálnīwhole-grain
• integrìtētintegrity (wholeness; also personal integrity)
• interesòvānjeinterest
• ìnterfōnintercom
• ȉnternetinternet
• intèrnistainternist, specialist in internal medicine (masculine despite the -a…
• intèrvjūinterview
• investícijainvestment (usually plural investicije; verb investirati)
• invèstītordeveloper, the builder selling a new block (not merely an investor)
• inžènjērengineer
• ionàkōanyway; in any case (before the predicate: Ionako neću ići — 'I'm not…
• ȉpākstill, nevertheless
• irònijairony
• ìscrpljenexhausted, drained (everyday word)
• isèckatito chop
• isèliti seto move out
• iseljávānjeemigration, moving abroad
• iseljènīkemigrant, expatriate
• ȉshrananutrition, diet
• iskljúčitito cut off
• ìsključiti mikròfōnto mute the microphone
• ȉskrensincere
• ȉskreno rèčenofrankly speaking (slightly more formal)
• ȉskrenōstsincerity (from iskren)
• ȉskūsanexperienced, seasoned (not 'skilful' — that is vešt)
• iskústvoexperience (not 'art')
• ismèjatito ridicule (perfective; unkindly)
• ismévatito mock (imperfective of ismejati)
• ìspadoutage, failure (ispad sistema; in speech more often sistem je pao)…
• ispírānjerinsing
• ìspitexam
• ispitívatito examine, to test; to question
• ìspitnī rȏkexam period
• ȉsplatapayout; disbursement
• isplátitito pay out (a salary, compensation); cf. uplatiti to pay in…
• ȉspodbelow, under (+ genitive)
• ȉsporukadelivery
• ìspravnoin working order
• ȉspredin front of (+ gen.) — place only; 'before' in time is pre
• ispúniti òbavezuto fulfil an obligation
• ispúniti ùslovto meet a condition (ispuniti also means to fill in a form)
• ìstaćito point out, to highlight (istaći se — to stand out)
• istèćito expire
• ȉstīsame
• ȉstinatruth
• ȉsto kȁothe same as, just like (isto kao i pre — same as before)
• ìstokeast
• ìstōrijahistory
• istòvremenosimultaneously, at the same time
• ȉstragainvestigation
• istražìvāčresearcher
• istražívānjeresearch; a study
• istražívatito research, to investigate
• ÌtālijaItaly
• Ȉver ne pȁdā dalèko od klȁdethe chip does not fall far from the log
• ȉzfrom; out of
• iz čȉsta míraout of the blue
• ȉzabehind (+ gen.) — place only; 'after' in time is posle
• ìzabrānī lèkāryour registered GP (the doctor you are signed up with)
• izàbratito elect; to choose (perfective; imperf. birati)
• izáćito get off; to exit
• izbalansíranoin a balanced way
• ìzbeglicarefugee (grammatically feminine, used of either sex)
• izbeljívānjewhitening
• ìzborchoice
• ìzborielections (plural; sg. izbor = a choice)
• ìzbornā lȉstaelectoral list
• ìzbrisatito delete (a file), to erase
• ìzdaje se na zȁhtev strȁnke"issued at the party's request" — the closing line of a certificate…
• izdánjeedition
• ìzdatito issue (a document, a certificate); the same verb also means to…
• izdàvāčpublisher
• izdávatito let out
• ȉzglēdappearance; looks
• ìzgledāit seems; apparently (parenthetical, usually clause-initial: Izgleda…
• izglédatito look, appear
• izgòretito get sunburnt
• ȉzgovōrpronunciation; also an excuse
• izgùbio sam dokùmenta'I've lost my documents' — what you say at the counter; a woman says…
• izgùbitito lose (an object; a game or match)
• izgùbiti strpljénjeto lose patience
• ȉzjavastatement
• ìzjava o sàglasnostistatement of consent — the document by which a person consents in…
• izlágānjea presentation; an exposition (neuter)
• ȉzlāzexit
• ìzlazakgoing out
• ìzlaznōstturnout (at an election) (fem.)
• ìzletouting, excursion
• ìzložbaexhibition
• ȉzmeđubetween (+ genitive)
• izméšatito mix
• ȉznadabove, over (+ genitive)
• iznájmitito rent
• iznènāđensurprised
• iznenađénjesurprise
• ìzneti stȃvto set out a position (izneti — to put forward)
• ìznosamount
• izòlīr trȁkainsulating tape
• izráziti saùčešćeto offer condolences (a fixed formula)
• izrèći kȁznuto impose a penalty (izreći — to pronounce formally)
• izrèndatito grate
• izučávānjethe study of a subject in depth (neuter)
• ìzuminvention
• ȉzveštājreport
• izveštávatito report
• izvèstito derive (a conclusion); also to lead out, to perform
• izvínisorry (informal)
• izvíniteexcuse me; sorry
• izvláčēnjedraw
• ȉzvodcertificate, extract
• ȉzvod iz màtičnē knjȉgeregistry extract
• izvòđāča contractor; also a performer of a work
• izvólitehere you are; go ahead
• ìzvora spring; also a source of information or a historical source
• ìzvozexport, exports (verb izvoziti)
• izvŕšiti ùvidto inspect the file officially (bureaucratic register)
• izvúći dèbljī krȃjto come off worst
• izvúći pòukuto learn a lesson (pouka — a moral lesson; a school lesson is čas)