Slav

See also: slav and -slav

English

Etymology

People from these countries are usually considered Slavs

From Middle English sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more. Doublet of slave and ciao. Displaced native Old English Wined.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /slɑːv/, /slæv/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːv, -æv

Noun

Slav (plural Slavs or (archaic) Slavi)

1. A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
2. (Britain, birdwatching) The Slavonian grebe.

Usage notes

• From the mid 18th to mid 19th century, the plural Slavi was more common; since then Slavs has predominated.

Derived terms

• Slavdom
• Slavhood
• Slavia
• Slavic
• Slavness

Related terms

• slave
• Slavonic

Translations

a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language

• Albanian: sllav (sq) m, sllave f
• Arabic: سَلَاف‎ m (salāf), صَقَالِبَة‎ f (ṣaqāliba)
• Armenian: սլավոն (hy) (slavon)
• Asturian: eslavu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: slavyan
• Belarusian: славяні́н m (slavjanín), славя́нка f (slavjánka)
• Bulgarian: славя́нин (bg) m (slavjánin), славя́нка f (slavjánka)
• Catalan: eslau m, eslava f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 斯拉夫人 (si¹ laai¹ fu¹ jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 斯拉夫人 (zh) (sīlāfūrén)

• Czech: Slovan (cs) m
• Danish: slaver c
• Dutch: Slaaf (nl) m, Slavische (nl) f
• Esperanto: slavo, slavino (woman)
• Estonian: slaavlane
• Finnish: slaavi (fi)
• French: Slave (fr) m or f
• Friulian: sclâf, sclâv
• Georgian: სლავი (slavi)
• German: Slawe (de) m, Slawin (de) f
• Greek: Σλάβος (el) m (Slávos), Σλάβα (el) f (Sláva)
• Hebrew: סלאבי‎ m
• Hindi: स्लाव m (slāv)
• Hungarian: szláv (hu)
• Irish: Slavacha
• Japanese: スラヴ人 (suravujin), スラブ人 (surabujin)
• Kazakh: славян (slavän)
• Korean: 슬라브 사람 (seullabeu saram)
• Kyrgyz: славян (slavyan), славянин (slavyanin)
• Latin: Sclavus m
• Latvian: slāvs m, slāviete f
• Lithuanian: slavas m, slavė f
• Macedonian: Словен m (Sloven), Словенка f (Slovenka)

• Middle English: Sclave
• Mongolian: слав (slav), славян (slavyan)
• Norwegian: slav
• Old East Slavic: словѣнинъ m (slověninŭ), словѣнка f (slověnka)
• Old English: Wined m
• Persian: اسلاو‎ (fa) (eslâv)
• Polabian: slüvensťĕ
• Polish: Słowianin (pl) m, Słowianka (pl) f
• Portuguese: eslavo (pt) m
• Romani: das m
• Romanian: slav (ro) m, slavă (ro) f
• Russian: славяни́н (ru) m (slavjanín), славя́нка (ru) f (slavjánka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Slàbhach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Словен m, Словенка f (Bosnian, Serbian), Славен m, Славенка f (Croatian)

  Roman: Sloven m, Slovenka f (Bosnian, Serbian), Slaven m, Slavenka f (Croatian)

• Slovak: Slovan m, Slovanka f
• Slovene: Slován m, Slovánka f
• Spanish: eslavo (es) m, eslava (es) f
• Swedish: slav (sv)
• Tagalog: Eslabo
• Tajik: славян (slavyan)
• Thai: ชาวสลาฟ (chaao sà-làaf)
• Turkish: Slav (tr)
• Turkmen: slawýan
• Ukrainian: слов'яни́н m (slovʺjanýn), слов'я́нка f (slovʺjánka)
• Urdu: سلاو‎ m (slāv)
• Uzbek: slavyan (uz)
• Venetian: slavo
• Vietnamese: người Slav
• Welsh: Slaf m
• Yakut: ньөһа (ńöha)

Further reading

• Slavs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Vals, lavs, vals