славина

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian slăvină, probably of Slavic origin, ultimately equivalent to Proto-Slavic *slavь (“stopple”) +‎ -ина (-ina) (which is perhaps akin to Lithuanian šlúoti (“to sweep”)). Skok (in reference to the Croatian cognate) derives it from Vulgar Latin lavāre (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɫɐˈvinɐ]

Noun

слави́на • (slavína) f (dialectal, Moesian and Torlak dialects)

1. faucet, bung, tap

   Synonyms: втулка (vtulka), чеп (čep)

2. (technical) old-style valve, flap (device which controls (blocks/releases) the flow of a fluid)

Declension

Declension of слави́на

	singular	plural
indefinite	слави́на slavína	слави́ни slavíni
definite	слави́ната slavínata	слави́ните slavínite

Related terms

• сла́вей (slávej, “small faucet, tap”) (dialectal)
• Сло́вута (Slóvuta, “Upper Dnieper”) (historical)

References

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “слъвина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 133

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɫavina]

Noun

славина • (slavina) f

1. faucet, tap

Declension

Declension of славина

	singular	plural
indefinite	славина (slavina)	славини (slavini)
definite unspecified	славината (slavinata)	славините (slavinite)
definite proximal	славинава (slavinava)	славиниве (slavinive)
definite distal	славинана (slavinana)	славинине (slavinine)
vocative	славино (slavino)	славини (slavini)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slǎʋina/
• Hyphenation: сла‧ви‧на

Noun

сла̀вина f (Latin spelling slàvina)

1. faucet, tap

Declension

Declension of славина

	singular	plural
nominative	славина	славине
genitive	славине	славина
dative	славини	славинама
accusative	славину	славине
vocative	славино	славине
locative	славини	славинама
instrumental	славином	славинама

Further reading

• “славина”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025