славянин

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slověninъ (“Slav”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɫɐˈvʲa̟nin]

Noun

славя́нин • (slavjánin) m (feminine славя́нка, relational adjective славя́нски)

1. Slav (person of Slavic origins)

Declension

Declension of славя́нин

	singular	plural
indefinite	славя́нин slavjánin	славя́ни slavjáni
definite (subject form)	славя́нинът slavjáninǎt	славя́ните slavjánite
definite (object form)	славя́нина slavjánina
vocative form	славя́нино slavjánino	славя́ни slavjáni

Related terms

• славя́нски (slavjánski)

References

• “славянин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “славянин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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Russian

Alternative forms

• славяни́нъ (slavjanín) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic словѣнинъ (slověninŭ), from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ (“Slav”). Further etymology is disputed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɫəvʲɪˈnʲin]

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Noun

славяни́н • (slavjanín) m anim (genitive славяни́на, nominative plural славя́не, genitive plural славя́н, feminine славя́нка, relational adjective славя́нский)

1. Slav (person of Slavic origins)

Declension

Declension of славяни́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	славяни́н slavjanín	славя́не slavjáne
genitive	славяни́на slavjanína	славя́н slavján
dative	славяни́ну slavjanínu	славя́нам slavjánam
accusative	славяни́на slavjanína	славя́н slavján
instrumental	славяни́ном slavjanínom	славя́нами slavjánami
prepositional	славяни́не slavjaníne	славя́нах slavjánax

Related terms

• славяни́зм (slavjanízm), славяниза́ция (slavjanizácija), славяни́ст (slavjaníst), славя́нка (slavjánka), славя́нство (slavjánstvo), славянщи́зна (slavjanščízna), славя́нщина (slavjánščina)
• славяночка (slavjanočka, “a Slavic woman, affectionate”)
• славя́нский (slavjánskij), славянизированный (slavjanizirovannyj), праславя́нский (praslavjánskij)
• славянизи́ровать (slavjanizírovatʹ), славянизи́роваться (slavjanizírovatʹsja), славя́нствовать (slavjánstvovatʹ)