# слава
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* słava — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

From Old Belarusian слава (slava), from Old East Slavic слава (slava), from Proto-Slavic *slàva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɫava]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

сла́ва • (sláva) f inan (genitive сла́вы, uncountable, relational adjective сла́ўны)
* glory
* fame

#### Derived terms

* славалюбі́вы (slavaljubívy)

### References

* “слава” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slàva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɫavɐ]

### Noun

сла́ва • (sláva) f (relational adjective сла́вен)
* glory
* fame

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* васал (vasal)

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slàva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɫava]
* Hyphenation: сла‧ва
* Rhymes: -ava

### Noun

слава • (slava) f (plural слави, relational adjective славски or славен)
* fame
* glory
* praise, glory
* religious holiday in honor of a saint
    Synonyms: сведен m (sveden), празник m (praznik)
* slava (custom of honoring a family patron saint)

#### Related terms

* неславен (neslaven)
* православен (pravoslaven)
* православец m (pravoslavec)
* православие n (pravoslavie)
* православје n (pravoslavje)
* православка f (pravoslavka)
* преславен (preslaven)
* прослава f (proslava)
* прославен (proslaven)
* прослави pf (proslavi)
* прославува impf (proslavuva)
* славен (slaven)
* славеник m (slavenik)
* славеничка f (slavenička)
* славенички (slavenički)
* слави impf (slavi)
* славољубец m (slavoljubec)
* славољубив (slavoljubiv)
* славољубиво (slavoljubivo)
* славољубивост f (slavoljubivost)
* славољубие n (slavoljubie)
* славопојка f (slavopojka)
* славски (slavski)

## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* (Glagolitic): ⱄⰾⰰⰲⰰ (slava)

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slàva.

### Noun

слава • (slava) f
* fame
* glory

#### Related terms

* слоути (sluti)

## Old East Slavic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slàva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈslɑʋɑ/→/ˈslaʋa/→/ˈslaʋa/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /ˈslɑʋɑ/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /ˈslaʋa/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /ˈslaʋa/
* Hyphenation: сла‧ва

### Noun

слава (slava) f
* glory
* fame

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: сла́ва (sláva)
* Russian: сла́ва (sláva)
* Carpathian Rusyn: слава (slava)
* Ukrainian: сла́ва (sláva)

### References

* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “слава”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 404

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic слава (slava), from Proto-Slavic *slàva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɫavə]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -avə

### Noun

сла́ва • (sláva) f inan (genitive сла́вы, nominative plural сла́вы, genitive plural слав, relational adjective сла́вный)
* glory
    сла́ва Бо́гу! ― sláva Bógu! ― glory be to God!; thank God!;
    на сла́ву ― na slávu ― first-rate; A-one; excellent
    во сла́ву побе́ды ― vo slávu pobédy ― to the glory of victory
    сла́ва геро́ям ― sláva gerójam ― glory to the heroes
* fame, renown
** 1922, “Partisan's Song”, Peter Parfenov (lyrics), Yuri Cherniavsky (music):Этих лет не смолкнет слава, Не померкнет никогда— Партизанские отряды Занимали города.Etix let ne smolknet slava, Ne pomerknet nikogda— Partizanskije otrjady Zanimali goroda.The fame of those days will never cease Will never dim— The partisan troops Captured cities.
* repute, reputation
    дурна́я сла́ва ― durnája sláva ― notoriety; ill repute
* rumour, rumor
* Slava (Soviet and Russian watches)

#### Derived terms

* дурна́я сла́ва (durnája sláva, “notoriety”)
* Екатериносла́в (Jekaterinosláv)
* сла́ва ро́ду (sláva ródu, “glory to the Slavic race”, nationalist or pagan greeting)

#### Related terms

* бессла́вный (besslávnyj, “dishonourable/dishonorable”)
* долбосла́вие (dolboslávije, “derogatory, Slavic paganism”)
* иносла́вие (inoslávije, “heterodox, heretical”)
* осла́вить (oslávitʹ)
* правосла́вие (pravoslávije, “Orthodoxy”)
* просла́вленный (proslávlennyj, “famous”)
* прославля́ть (proslavljátʹ, “to glorify, to praise”)
* сла́вный (slávnyj, “glorious”)
* славосло́вие (slavoslóvije, “glorification, flattery”)

#### Descendants

* → English: Slavi
* → Votic: slaavõ
* → Yup'ik: Selavi

### Further reading

* слава in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slàva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /slâʋa/
* Hyphenation: сла‧ва

### Noun

сла̏ва f (Latin spelling slȁva)
* glory
* fame
* feast
* slava (custom of honoring a family patron saint)

#### Synonyms

* (glory): ди́ка

### References

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

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Old Ukrainian слава (slava), from Old East Slavic слава (slava), from Proto-Slavic *slàva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɫaʋɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

сла́ва • (sláva) f inan (genitive сла́ви, uncountable, relational adjective сла́вний)
* (uncountable) glory
    слава Украї́ні ― slava Ukrajíni ― Glory to Ukraine
    Геро́ям сла́ва! ― Herójam sláva! ― Glory to the heroes!
* (uncountable) fame, renown

#### Derived terms

* геро́ям сла́ва (herójam sláva)
* сла́вити impf (slávyty)
* сла́вити impf (slávyty)
* сла́ва бо́гу (sláva bóhu)
* сла́ва Ісу́су Христу́ (sláva Isúsu Xrystú)
* сла́ва Украї́ні (sláva Ukrajíni)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “слава”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka