slava

See also sláva, slavă, slāva, slāvā, and slavā

English

Etymology

From South Slavic slava / слава, literally "fame, honour".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈslɑːvə/

Noun

slava (plural slavas)

1. Orthodox Christian custom of honoring a family patron saint celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Bulgarians, Croats and Gorani.
   • 1942: I was also enchanted at the opportunity of seeing a Slava (the word means ‘Holy’), which is the distinctive social custom of the Serbs. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 753)

External links

• Slava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• avals
• lavas
• vasal

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Italian

Adjective

slava f

1. feminine form of slavo

Noun

slava f (plural slave) feminine of slavo

1. Slavic woman, Slav woman

Anagrams

• salva, valsa

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Latvian

Alternative forms

• (archaic form) slāve
• (dialectal forms) slave, slavs

Etymology

A nominal, derived from the stem of (unattested) Latvian verb *slaut (“to make known”), whence also slavēt (“to praise, to commend, to speak highly”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian šlovė̃, dialectal šlóvė, šlavė̃, Proto-Slavic *slava (Old Church Slavonic слава (sláva), Russian, Serbo-Croatian слава (sláva)).

Noun

slava m

1. (dialectal form) genitive singular form of slavs

slava f, 4th declension

1. fame, renown (very high evaluation or opinion of a person, a place, an institution, a symbol, etc., by a community)

   aktiera, komponista slava — an actor's, a composer's fame

   zinātnieka, izgudrotāja slava — a scientist's, an inventor's fame, renown

   leģendāra slava — legendary fame

   slavas augstumi — the heights of fame

   kūrorta slava — the resort's fame

   pieminekļa slava — the monument's fame

   dzīties pēc slavas — to chase fame

   iegūt slavu ar labu darbu — to acquire fame with good work

   slava sakāpusi galvā — the fame went to (his) head (i.e., he became conceited)

2. glory, praise

   lai viņam slava! — glory to him!

   dziedāt slavas dziesmas — to sing songs of praise (to someone, i.e., to praise him/her highly)

3. reputation, fame (a widespread idea or impression about someone)

   būt labā slavā — to have (lit. be in) good reputation

   izplatīt (par kādu) sliktu slavu — to spread a bad reputation (about someone)

   viņam ir lielībnieka slava — he has the fame, reputation of (being a) braggart

Declension

declension of slava

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	slava	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	slavu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	slavas	—
dative (datīvs)	slavai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	slavu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	slavā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	slava	—

Synonyms

• gods
• reputācija

Derived terms

• slavens

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava

Pronunciation

• IPA: /slâʋa/
• Hyphenation: sla‧va

Noun

slȁva f (Cyrillic spelling сла̏ва)

1. glory
2. fame
3. feast
4. Christian celebration (holiday) honoring a family saint

Declension

    declension of slava

	singular	plural
nominative	slava	slave
genitive	slave	slava
dative	slavi	slavama
accusative	slavu	slave
vocative	slavo	slave
locative	slavi	slavama
instrumental	slavom	slavama

Synonyms

• (Croatia) dika

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Slovene

Noun

slava f

1. glory
2. fame

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Swedish

Etymology

slav +‎ -a

Verb

slava

1. to work or serve as a slave; to be treated like a slave

Conjugation

Conjugation of slava

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	slava	—
Present tense	slavar	—
Past tense	slavade	—
Supine	slavat	—
Imperative	slava	—
Present participle	slavande
Past participle	—

Related terms

• slaveri