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Slavic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈslævɪk/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈslɑːvɪk/
  • /ˈslɑːvɪk/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈslavɪk/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Medieval Latin Sclāvusbor. Middle English Sclave English Slav Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Slavic From Slav + -ic. Piecewise doublet of slavey.

Meanings

  1. Of the Slavs, their cultures, or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.
    • Forty-five-year-old Maria Sedlakova, a small dark roly-poly woman with high cheekbones in a very Slavic face, interrupted furiously. 1971, Michel Salomon, translated by Helen Eustis, “Prelude: Death of a Regime . . . June–December 1967”, in Prague Notebook: The Strangled Revolution, Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company, →LCCN, section I (A Czechoslovakian Spring: Notes on Eight Months of Democratic Socialism), page 20:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more Slavic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most Slavic Degree=Sup lexicographic
Sl. alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Slavically · Slavaboo · proslavic · pro-Slavic · Balto-Slavic · anti-Slavic · non-Slavic · Slavfrican · Panslavic · Blavic · Slavicness · Slavicism · Slavicize · Slavicization

Relateds

Interslavic · Slavdom · Slavonia · Slavism · slava Ukraini · Pan-Slavic · Slavistics · Slavia · heroiam slava · slava

Synonyms

Slavonic · Sclavonic · Slav

Translations (102)

ro slavon (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ps اسلاو (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ur سلاوی (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · hi स्लाव (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · scn slavu (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · km ស្លាវ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · fr slave (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · uz slavyan (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · sl slovánski (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · af Slawies (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · da slavisk (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · fi slaavilainen (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · uk слов'я́нський (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · it slavo (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · be славя́нскі (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · dsb słowjański (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · et slaavi (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · eo slava (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · hy սլավոնական (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ca eslau (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · nl Slavisch (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · lt slaviškas (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · tl Eslabo (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · bn স্লাভীয় (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · lt slavų (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · sh slòvjēnskī (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · sh сло̀ве̄нскӣ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · de slawisch (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · el σλαυικός (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ru славя́нский (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · gl eslavo (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ar سْلَافِيّ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · udm славян (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · tk slawýan (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · el σλαβικός (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ps سلاو (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · haw Selawika (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · yi סלאַוויש (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ja スラヴ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · csb słoviński (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · fr slavon (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · pt eslavo (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ur سلاو (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · acw سلاڤي (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · kk славян (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · cr slovenski (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ja スラブ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · sh сла̀ве̄нскӣ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · kmr slavî (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · fur slâf (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · he סְלָאבִי (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ro slavonesc (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · cs slovanský (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · es eslavo (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · hi स्लावी (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · sh slàvēnskī (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · cmn 斯拉夫 (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · tr Slav (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ky славяндык (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · hsb słowjanski (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · tg славян (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · bg славя́нски (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ky славян (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ar صَقْلَبِيّ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · tt славян (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · my ဆလဗ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · nb slavisk (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · sh slòvēnskī (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · szl słowjański (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · gd Slàbhach (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · sq sllav (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · cu словѣньскъ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ka სლავური (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · mk словенски (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · km ស្លាវី (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ko 슬라브 (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ro slav (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · cy Slafaidd (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · lv slāvisks (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · vi Xla-vơ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · fa اسلاو (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · pt eslávico (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · bn স্লাভিক (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · sv slavisk (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ug سىلاۋىيان (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ga Slavach (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · yue 斯拉夫 (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · koi славян (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · th สลาฟ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · lv slāvu (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · is slavískur (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · ga Slavónach (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · kk славяндық (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · haw ʻōlelo Selawika (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · mn славян (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · rue славя́нскый (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · kpv славян (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · pl słowiański (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · sk slovanský (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · sh сло̀вје̄нскӣ (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · az slavyan (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) · hu szláv (of the Slavs, their culture or languages)

Slavic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈslævɪk/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈslɑːvɪk/
  • /ˈslɑːvɪk/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈslavɪk/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Medieval Latin Sclāvusbor. Middle English Sclave English Slav Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Slavic From Slav + -ic. Piecewise doublet of slavey.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Any of various languages spoken by the Slavic peoples, such as Proto-Slavic, Common Slavic, Old Church Slavic, or the modern Slavic languages.
    • It is a commonly known fact that formal marks of perfective aspect in Slavic are prefixes.
    • Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos. 2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Sl. alternative lexicographic

Meronyms

Old Church Slavic · Slovak · Great Russian · Old Church Slavonic · West Slavic · Slovene · Czech · Old East Slavonic · Church Slavic · Bulgarian · South Slavic · East Slavic · Slovenian · Sorbian · Little Russian · Kashubian · Serbo-Croatian · Church Slavonic · Old East Slavic · Belarusian

Synonyms

Slavonic · Sclavonic

Translations (1)

de Slawisch (Translations)