Serbian words starting with S

• s drȕgē stráneon the other hand
• s jèdnē stráneon the one hand (neutral; pairs with s druge strane)
• s nȅba pa u rȅbraout of the blue, with no warning
• s òbzirom naconsidering
• s òbzirom na tȏgiven this, in view of that (neutral-formal); before a clause s…
• s poštovánjemYours sincerely (standard business sign-off)
• s tȋm u vȅziin this connection, regarding that (formal/business)
• sawith
• sàčekājteplease wait
• sačúvatito save (a file; the Save button); to keep, preserve
• sȁdanow
• sàdašnjōstthe present (feminine)
• sáditito plant
• sàglasnōstconsent; a written statement of consent
• sagorévānjecombustion; also burnout
• sàhranafuneral
• sȃjtwebsite
• sàlašsalaš — a Vojvodina farmstead out in the fields, often now a country…
• salátasalad
• sȃldothe balance on an account (accounting; indeclinable)
• sàlōnsalon
• salvètanapkin
• sam svoj gazdaone's own master
• sàmita summit
• sȁmoonly; just
• sȁmo nȁprēdgo ahead, go for it
• sȁmo trènutakjust a moment
• samopouzdánjeself-confidence
• samostálnōstself-reliance (from samostalan); a state's independence is nezavisnost
• sàndalesandals
• sàndūčemailbox
• sàndukchest; crate
• SàndžakSandžak, a region in south-western Serbia
• sànkcijesanctions (plural only)
• SANUSANU, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• sȁobraćājtraffic
• sȁobraćājnā dòzvolavehicle registration certificate — the document for the car itself…
• sȁobraćājnā nèzgodaroad traffic accident
• sȁobraznōstconformity of goods with what was promised at sale — description…
• saòpštēnjeofficial statement
• sàpūnsoap
• sarádnīkcollaborator, associate (sa- 'co-' + radnik; cf. saigrač, saputnik)
• saràdnjacooperation
• sarkàzamsarcasm (irony is the milder ironija)
• sàrmasarma
• sàstanakmeeting; date
• sȁstanak ònlajnonline meeting, video call
• sástojakingredient
• sȃthour; clock; watch
• sàtirasatire
• sàučešćecondolences
• Sȃvathe Sava
• sávestconscience (feminine); consciousness is svest
• sávetovānjecounselling; savetovalište = counselling centre
• savrèmenīka contemporary (savremen — modern)
• sažaljénjepity (neuter); often felt as demeaning by its object
• sȁžētconcise (the noun sažetak is a summary)
• sažétaksummary of any text, yours or someone else's (fleeting a: sažetka)
• scènascene; stage
• sèbičanselfish
• sȅćati seto remember
• sȅćito cut
• sȅdamseven
• sedamdèsētseventy
• sȅdīšteregistered address, seat (of a company or institution); also a seat…
• sȅdnicasession, formal sitting (of a board or an assembly; an ordinary…
• sekretàricasecretary
• SelímovićMeša Selimović, author of Death and the Dervish
• sèljākpeasant, villager; often pejorative in speech — the neutral word is…
• sèlovillage
• sȅmafōrtraffic light
• sȅmeseed
• seminárskī rȃdterm paper
• sȇrijaTV series
• sèrverserver
• sèrvīsgarage, service
• servisíratito service a car; to have routine servicing done
• sèstrasister
• sȅstrićnephew (sister's son)
• sestrìčinaniece (sister's daughter)
• sèvdahlove-longing, sevdah (marked, esp. in music)
• sevdàlīnkaa sevdalinka, the slow urban love song (from sevdah, longing)
• sȅvernorth
• sȅvērnīnorthern
• shȍdno tòmeaccordingly, in line with that (bureaucratic/legal); shodno + dative
• shvȁtitito understand, realise (not to grab — that is uhvatiti)
• sìgnālsignal
• sȉgūransure; safe
• sigúrnōstsafety; certainty (from siguran); state security is usually bezbednost
• sȉjalicalight bulb
• sȉlaforce (the physical quantity; also force as coercion)
• sȉm kàrticaSIM card
• sìmbōla symbol (a written sign is znak)
• simbòlikasymbolism, the set of symbols in a work
• simpàtičanlikeable; nice
• sìmptōmsymptom
• sȋnson
• sinagógasynagogue
• sìnčićlittle son (from sin, suffix -čić)
• sinhronizácijadubbing
• sȉnōćlast night (one word where Russian needs two)
• sintézasynthesis, drawing together (the counterpart of analiza)
• sȉpatito pour
• sȉrcheese
• siromáštvopoverty
• sìrovraw
• sìrupsyrup
• sìstēma system (masculine in Serbian; Croatian sustav)
• sȉtfull (sated)
• sìtansmall; petite
• sitnìcaa trifle, a small thing (from sitan 'small'); loose change is sitniš
• sìtnīšsmall change; coins
• sȋvgrey
• Sìzifov pòsaoa Sisyphean task (bookish)
• sjȃjnogreat; brilliantly
• SkadàrlijaSkadarlija, Belgrade's old bohemian street of kafanas and live music
• skákati u vòduto jump into water
• skalabílnōstscalability (the verb is skalirati)
• skȅnerscanner; CT scan (medical)
• skeníratito scan
• skȉjānjeskiing
• skȉnutito take off
• sklȍnōstan inclination (from sklon + dative)
• sklòpiti ùgovorto conclude a contract (sklopiti brak — to marry)
• skòntatito twig, to get it (colloquial; friends only; cf. kapirati)
• skòroalmost; recently (not "soon" — that is uskoro)
• skrénutito turn
• skrénuti pȁžnjuto draw someone's attention — dative + na + accusative
• skrétānjeturn
• skrȉnšotscreenshot (also written screenshot, printskrin)
• skrȍlscroll (the verb skrolovati is commoner in speech)
• skrȍlovatito scroll (a feed)
• skrȍmanmodest
• skulptúrasculpture
• skȗpexpensive (opp. jeftin)
• skȕpljānjecollecting
• skȕpoexpensive; expensively
• skȕpštinaassembly, parliament; meeting (also a building's residents' meeting)
• slȁbweak (opp. jak)
• slȁdaksweet (in taste; and of a person)
• slȁdolēdice cream
• slàninabacon
• slȁnjeshipping
• slȁsnodelicious
• slȁvaslava (patron saint day)
• slàvinatap; faucet
• slȁvitito celebrate
• slȃvljefestivity
• slȁvskā svéćaslava candle (lit at the family's slava)
• slȁvskī kòlāčslava bread
• slȁvsko žȉtoslava wheat — boiled wheat served at a slava (= koljivo)
• slédēćā stȁnicanext stop
• slèdēćīnext, following
• slȇpī mȉšbat
• slétānjelanding (boarding is ukrcavanje)
• slȉčansimilar (na + acc.)
• slȉčnōstsimilarity
• slȉkaa painting; a photograph; an image or picture of something
• slȉkānjepainting
• slȉkārpainter (of pictures)
• slȉkatito paint; also to photograph
• slȍbodanfree
• slȍbodan dȃna day off
• slobòdnjākfreelancer (native Serbian word; IT people say frilenser)
• slȍbodnofeel free; go ahead
• slȍbodno vrémefree time
• slȍvoletter (of alphabet)
• slòženōstcomplexity (from složen)
• slȕčājcase, instance; occurrence
• slučájnōstchance, a coincidence (from slučajan)
• slúgaa servant (masculine despite the -a ending)
• slȕšaliceheadphones
• slȕšatito listen (the process); to hear is čuti
• slùžbaservice, department
• slȕžbenīkclerk, official
• smȁjlismiley, emoji (the everyday word; commoner than emotikon)
• smánjitito reduce
• smáratito bore, to go on at someone (youth slang; friends only)
• smàrtfonsmartphone (pametni telefon is more common)
• smátratito consider, to deem (opinion)
• smèćerubbish, trash
• smejùrijaa hoot; also something laughably poor (colloquial)
• smȅnashift (prva, druga, noćna smena); also a changeover, a replacement
• smȇrstudy programme
• smȅranhumble, meek (not related to smer, a direction)
• smȅšaa mixture (as opposed to a compound, jedinjenje)
• smȅštājaccommodation
• smȅtenflustered, at a loss
• smȉrencalm
• smíriti seto calm down
• smȋsaosense, meaning
• smȉsao za hùmora sense of humour (Serbian uses smisao, not osećaj)
• smȍgsmog
• smȍra drag, boredom; a bore (of a person) (youth slang; friends only)
• smȍrendown; bored (colloq.)
• smŕšatito lose weight
• smȑznutofrozen
• snàhadaughter-in-law; sister-in-law
• snážanstrong
• snȇgsnow
• snȉmakan image or scan; a recording, a clip
• snímatito film; record
• snishòdljivcondescending (leniency is popustljiv)
• snižénjeprice reduction
• snìziti cénuto lower the price
• snòsiti pòslediceto bear the consequences (snositi — to bear a burden or a cost)
• snòsiti tròškoveto bear the costs
• sȏsalt (table salt; in chemistry a class of compounds)
• sȍbaroom
• sòcijālno osigùrānjesocial insurance — the umbrella term for pension, health and…
• sociològijasociology
• sȍftvērsoftware
• sȏkjuice
• sȍkōfalcon
• sóvaowl
• spájānjemerge (of branches); joining. In the office people say merge / merge…
• spȁkovatito pack
• spȁmspam (also spelled spem)
• spȁnāćspinach
• spasílaclifeguard
• spȁstito save, rescue
• spȃvā kȁo tȍpsleeps like a log (lit. “sleeps like a cannon”)
• spȁvaćā sȍbabedroom
• spȁvaćā vrȅćasleeping bag
• spȃvāmI sleep
• specifikácijaspecification, spec (the requirements document)
• specijàlistaspecialist
• specijalìtētspecialty
• spȉsak literatúrereference list — every work the text cites; a single item in it is an…
• splȃvriver raft bar
• spȍljafrom the outside, externally
• spȍljnā polìtikaforeign policy
• spȍmenīkmonument
• spoménutito mention in passing (also pomenuti); to stress is naglasiti
• spȍrslow (opp. brz)
• spȍrazūman agreement (between states or parties; a private contract is ugovor)
• sporàzumnī rȁskidtermination by mutual agreement — worker and employer end the…
• spȍrtsport
• spȍrtskā kladiònicasports betting
• sposóbnōstability (from sposoban; -ost turns any adjective into a noun; all…
• sprȁtfloor; storey
• sprȅmanready
• sprématito tidy up
• sprȅmnōstreadiness (from spreman)
• spròvestito conduct, to carry out (research, a survey) (pf.; ipf. sprovoditi)
• sprovèsti ànketuto carry out a survey (sprovesti — to carry through)
• srȃmshame
• sránjecrap, rubbish (vulgar but very common). Recognise it; do not use it…
• Sr̀bijaSerbia
• SȑbinSerb (man)
• sȑčanī ȕdarheart attack (spoken: srčani udar; on paper: infarkt)
• sȑcea heart (the organ and the feeling); also the very centre
• sȑce mi je sȉšlo u pétemy heart sank into my heels
• sȑdačan pȍzdravkind regards (warmer, less formal sign-off than s poštovanjem)
• srȅćaluck; happiness
• srȅćanhappy
• srȅćkascratch card
• Srȅćna Nȍvā gȍdinaHappy New Year
• Srȅćna slȁva'Happy slava!' — greeting to the hosts on their slava day
• srȅćnogood luck; happily
• srȅćomfortunately
• srédaWednesday
• srèdstvoa means (neuter; the plural also means funds)
• srȅdstvo za čȉšćēnjecleaning agent
• srȅđensorted, tidied up; smartly turned out (of a person) (colloquial…
• SrȇmSrem, the southern part of Vojvodina between the Sava and the Danube
• sŕnaroe deer
• sròdstvokinship (from srodan; neuter)
• SȑpkinjaSerb (woman)
• sȓpskā salátaSerbian salad
• sȑpskīSerbian
• sȑpskohrvātskīSerbo-Croatian, the twentieth-century name for the shared standard
• SSSsecondary education — short for srednja stručna sprema; a standard…
• stàbljikastem
• stáblotrunk; tree
• stȁdiōnstadium
• stȁjalīštestop
• stȃlnī bȍravakpermanent residence — residence status without a time limit
• stàložencomposed
• stȁmbenī krèdithousing loan; mortgage loan
• stȃna flat, an apartment; a stop or station is stanica
• stànārtenant
• stàndardnī jèzikthe standard language (the more modern term for književni jezik)
• stànicaa stop, a station; a flat is stan
• stánjecondition
• stȃnje bròjilameter reading value
• stȃnje na ràčūnuaccount balance
• stanodávaclandlord
• stanovníštvopopulation
• stȁrold
• stàratēljstvoguardianship — care for a person unable to manage their own affairs…
• stàrijīolder; elder
• stȁrogradnjaolder housing stock (a listing category, the opposite of novogradnja)
• stȁrogrādskā mùzikaold urban song, the turn-of-the-century repertoire heard in kafanas
• stȁti na lȗdī kȁmēnto get married (jocular; literally, to step on the mad stone)
• stȁva stance, attitude; a paragraph of a legal article
• stȁviti na raspolágānjeto place at someone's disposal (+ dative)
• stȁviti tȁčku na nȅštoto put an end to something
• stȁviti vȁn snágeto repeal, to render void (to come into force is stupiti na snagu)
• stȃžyears of service, credited work/insurance record (not an internship)
• stàzatrail
• stèći ìskustvoto gain experience — verb steći
• stèći poverénjeto win trust
• stèći ùtisakto form an impression (steći — to acquire gradually)
• sténaa rock, a cliff (not a wall — that is zid)
• stȅpēndegree
• stȅpenicestairs
• sterilizácijaspaying/neutering
• stȉćito arrive
• stìdljivshy
• stȉhline of verse (a whole poem is pesma)
• stìkersticker (in a messenger); adhesive label
• stȉlstyle
• stipèndijascholarship
• stȏa table; also the numeral hundred
• stȏhundred
• Stȏ ljúdi, stȏ ćúdia hundred people, a hundred temperaments
• stȏ za dvȍjetable for two
• stočárstvolivestock farming (crop farming is ratarstvo)
• stȍgātherefore
• stȍkalivestock (feminine collective noun); of people it is a coarse insult
• stȍlārcarpenter
• stòlicachair
• stȍmākstomach; belly
• stomatòlogdental doctor
• stòpalofoot
• strȃhfear
• strahòvatito fear (of a serious, reasoned fear; more formal than bojati se)
• stránapage; side (not 'country')
• stránacforeigner
• strȁnkaparty (political); party to a case, client at a counter
• strȁnkinjaforeigner (woman)
• strȃstpassion
• strávahorror, dread; in slang brilliant (reversal: Strava! = amazing!…
• strȅsstress
• strȋcpaternal uncle
• strȋnapaternal uncle's wife
• Stȑpljen, spášenthe patient one is the one saved
• strpljénjepatience
• str̀pljivpatient
• str̀pljivōstpatience as a trait (from strpljiv)
• strȕčnā sprȇmalevel of education, qualification (a standard field in job ads)
• strȕčnjākexpert, specialist
• strújaelectric current; electricity; a current or a trend
• strúja je òtišlathe power went out
• strȕkaprofession; field
• struktúraa structure
• StùdenicaStudenica, the medieval monastery in Serbia, a UNESCO World Heritage…
• stùdentstudent
• stùdentkinjastudent (f)
• stȗdijastudy, research paper (not a studio)
• stúpiti na snáguto come into force, take effect (ugovor stupa na snagu danom…
• stúpiti u kòntaktto get in touch (sa + instrumental; colloquially javiti se)
• stvȃrthing; matter (fem.)
• stvaraláštvocreative work (from stvaralac, a creator; neuter)
• stvȃranreal
• stvȃrnoreally; seriously (Stvarno? — 'Really?')
• stvárnōstreality (from stvaran, real; feminine)
• sùbotaSaturday
• SùboticaSubotica
• sȗdcourt; judgement, opinion
• sudbìnafate, destiny
• sùdijajudge (masculine despite the -a ending)
• sùdoperakitchen sink
• sȗdskā òdlukacourt decision — the generic name for any act of a court; the two…
• sȗdskī pòstupakcourt proceedings — the handling of a case in court as a whole; the…
• sȗdskī tùmāčcourt-certified (sworn) translator whose stamped translation…
• sȕjevērjesuperstition (neuter)
• sȕknjaskirt
• súmnjadoubt
• súmnjatito doubt; to suspect
• sùmnjičavsuspicious as a disposition (someone who looks suspicious is sumnjiv)
• sùmnjičavōstsuspiciousness as a trait (feminine)
• sȕnāšcelittle sun (from sunce); also a term of endearment
• sȕnčanosunny
• sȕnčati seto sunbathe
• sȗncesun
• sȕncobrānparasol
• suòčiti se sato face, confront (+ instrumental)
• sȕpasoup
• sȕpergreat; super (colloquial, indeclinable)
• suprotstáviti seto oppose (+ dative)
• sȕprugspouse (husband)
• sȕprugaspouse (wife)
• supstàncaa substance
• sȕptīlansubtle (of a hint or a distinction); physically thin is tanak
• súsedneighbour (neutral; komšija is more common in speech)
• súšitito dry
• sútondusk (literary; the ordinary word is sumrak)
• sȕtratomorrow
• suvènīrsouvenir
• suverenìtētsovereignty
• sȗvodry
• svàdbawedding party
• svȁdbenī obìčajiwedding customs
• svȁđaquarrel
• svȁđati seto quarrel
• svȁka čȁstwell done!; respect (praise)
• Svȁka ptȉca svȍme jȁtu lètīevery bird flies to its own flock
• svȁkākocertainly; by all means
• svȁkīeach; every
• svȁkī dȃnevery day
• svàstikasister-in-law (wife's sister)
• svȁta member of the wedding party (usually plural svatovi)
• svȅeverything; all
• svȅ u svèmuall in all, on the whole (spoken-neutral summary)
• svéćacandle
• svèčansolemn, ceremonial
• svèćicacandle
• svedòčēnjetestimony, the giving of evidence — both the act and its content…
• svèdokwitness
• svejèdnoall the same; either way
• svèkarfather-in-law (husband's father)
• svȅkrvamother-in-law (husband's mother)
• svȅmīruniverse, space
• svȅskanotebook
• svȇstconsciousness (feminine); conscience is savest
• svèštenīkpriest
• svȅstito reduce (to something); also to settle accounts
• svȇtthe world
• svétacsaint
• Svȇtī NìkolaSt Nicholas
• Svȇtī SávaSaint Sava, the first Serbian archbishop; Savindan is the schools'…
• svȅtlōstlight (feminine)
• svȅtonazora worldview (bookish; also pogled na svet)
• svètskīworld-, global
• svȇž vȁzduhfresh air
• svȅžefresh
• svȉeveryone; all
• svínjapig
• svìnjetinapork
• svìrāčan instrumental player (svirati — to play an instrument)
• svírānjeplaying music
• svíratito play (music)
• svojèručnī pȍtpissignature in the person's own hand — not a facsimile, not a…
• svojèručnoin one's own hand (svojeručno napisana izjava — a handwritten…
• svȍjevremenoat the time, back then, once
• svójstvoa property, an attribute (neuter); a character trait is osobina
• svr̀hapurpose
• svȑha putòvānjapurpose of travel (the officer's question)
• svȑha ȕplatepayment purpose (field on a payment slip)