Словен

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsɫɔvɛn]
Hyphenation: Сло‧вен

Noun

Словен • (Sloven) m (plural Словени, feminine Словенка, relational adjective словенски)

Slav

Declension

Declension of *Словен*
	singular	plural
indefinite	Словен (Sloven)	Словени (Sloveni)
definite unspecified	Словенот (Slovenot)	Словените (Slovenite)
definite proximal	Словенов (Slovenov)	Словениве (Slovenive)
definite distal	Словенон (Slovenon)	Словенине (Slovenine)
vocative	Словену (Slovenu)	Словени (Sloveni)
count form	—	Словена (Slovena)

Related terms

Словенец m (Slovenec), Словенка f (Slovenka), словенечки (slovenečki), Словенија f (Slovenija)
Словак m (Slovak), Словакинка f (Slovakinka), словачки (slovački), Словачка f (Slovačka)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Сло̀вје̄н (Ijekavian)
Сло̀вӣн (archaic, Ikavian)
Сла̀ве̄н (Bosnia, Croatia, dated Serbian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /slǒʋeːn/
Hyphenation: Сло‧вен

Proper noun

Сло̀ве̄н m (Latin spelling Slòvēn)

(now chiefly Serbia, Ekavian) Slav

Usage notes

Until the 18th century, the form of this word with -o- in the first syllable was almost universal throughout the Serbo-Croatian-speaking area (with varying reflexes of yat). The form with -a- seems to have originated in Slavonic-Serbian and spread under the influence of Pan-Slavism during the 19th century. By the 20th century, the form with -a- became the most common form in Croatia and all but disappeared from Serbia, effectively reversing the early 19th-century distribution of the two forms.

Declension

Declension of Словен

	singular	plural
nominative	Сло̀ве̄н	Слове́ни
genitive	Слове́на	Словена
dative	Словену	Словенима
accusative	Словена	Словене
vocative	Словену	Слвени
locative	Словену	Словенима
instrumental	Словеном	Словенима