Entry

Dictionary entry is a professional, scientific or technical term - comprising a simple word, compound word, syntagma or phrase. All the languages of this dictionary have equal status, i.e. each term in one language has one or more matches in the other languages.

Every term has one meaning only, thus, in case that one term in source language has more than one counterparts in another one, they are, for the purposes of this dictionary, synonyms.

Terms in Serbian are available in two scripts (Cyrillic / Roman) and in two pronunciations (Ekavian / Ijekavian).

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Entry words and phrases are followed by abbreviations of grammatical terms. In the case of an entry consisting of more than one word, the label refers to the word that governs the syntagma or phrase.

(f) genus femininum - feminine

(m) genus masculinum - masculine

(n) genus neutrum - neuter

(pl) pluralis - plural

(plt) pluralia tantum

(sgt) singularia tantum

(adj) adjectivum - adjective

(adv) adverbium - adverb

(v) verbum - verb

(abbr) abbreviatio - abbreviation

(ph) phrasis - phrase

(pp) participium perfecti – past participle

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Nouns are given in nominative case, i.e.

biblioteka (f) / library / Bibliothek (f), Bücherei (f) I bibl, org

Adjectives are given in the definite masculine form, followed by endings for feminine and neuter gender, i.e.

alfabetski -a -o (adj) / alphabetic / alphabetisch (adj) I inf

anoniman -na -no (adj) / anonymous / anonym (adj), verfasserlos (adj) I bibl, kat

Verbs are given in the infinitive forme and the finite mode, i.e.

zabeležiti (v) / note (to) / notieren (v) I inf

Numbers and graphics, when part of heading, are given in angle brackets, i.e.

zvezdica [*] (f), asterisk [*] (m) / asterisk (scri, klas) / Asteriskus (m), Sternchen (n), Sternzeichen (*) (n) I scri, klas

šesnaestina [16°] (f), sedec [16°] (m) / sextodecimo / Sedezformat (n) I publ, kat

Acronyms and abbreviations are given in both full and short forms, i.e.

UDK (abbr), Univerzalna decimalna klasifikacija (f) / UDC (abbr), Universal Decimal Classification / UDK (abbr), Universelle Dezimalklassifikation (f) I inf, klas

c-b (abbr), crno-belo (adj) / - b&w (abbr), black-and-white / schwarzweiss (adj) I repr, nkg

Acronyms without their match in Serbian but used in practice, are presented in Roman script version in their original form, i.e.

CD-E (abbr), izbrisivi kompakt disk (m) / CD-E (abbr), compact disc erasable / löschbare optische Platte (f) I eop, elr

KWOC indeks (m) , indeks ključnih reči van konteksta (m) / KWOC-index / KWOC-Register (n) I inf, ind

Annotations

Annotations are available for certain number of terms. Their purpose is to clarify the meaning of less known and new-coined terms, as well as terms used in practice in more than one connotation, or used in ambiguous way.

An annotation may consist of short definition of a concept and/or note about the application in practice and/or URL of a resource available containing complete or even interesting information about topic in consideration.

Sources for definitions have been ISO standards, ISBD's, cataloguing rules and respectable textbooks and encyclopedias.