Slav
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
substrateder.?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.?
Proto-Slavic *slov-
Proto-Slavic *-ǫta
Proto-Slavic *Slov-?
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Slavic *-inъ
Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ
Proto-Slavic *slověninъbor.
Byzantine Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der.
Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor.
Medieval Latin Sclāvusbor.
Middle English Sclave
English Slav
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.
Inflected forms:
form: Slavs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Slavi
pos: noun
tags: archaic
plural
form: more Slav
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Slav
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
pos: noun
gloss: The Slavonian grebe.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: Synonym of Slavic.
pos: adj
examples: Arising out of her intercourse with the Slavs of the interior, Dubrovnik became a very Slav city, both in manners and in sympathy.
If black Persian is what you want, there’s a very Slav coat, full-length, with fuchsia wool lining and with pockets sticking out on either hip, and there’s a three-quarter affair with a small, rolled collar, a narrow tuxedo front bound with silk braid, and a full, loose back.
She spoke French with a very Slav accent.
The young Jugoslav taxidriver who took us to the airport drove with a discontented and furious disdain. He took a very Slav view of the migration. He had gone out as a boy of 17 eight years before, and cared very little for it.
Obliged by my own question to face him if it were to appear as innocent as it actually was, I took in his features. It was not a very Slav face.
While the social system could thus be improved, [G. Stanley] Hall knew that heredity was more important. He argued that a pound of heredity was “worth a hundredweight of education.” It was necessary to pay attention to better breeding: “The nation that breeds best, be it Mongol, Slav, Teuton or Saxon, will rule the world in the future.”
The drawing by Tchelitchew is beautiful, but not at all like the character of the gardener whom it portrays. He was an educated head gardener. This is a peasant; a very Slav peasant at that.
‘Zorka is a strange name for an English girl,’ Nicky said musingly as they sat down, wanting to know more about the girl who was his daughter. ‘It is a very Slav name. Is your sister perhaps very Slav, Captain Fielding? Is she more Slav than English?’ / Amused by Kechko’s continuing interest in his family Stephen took the plate proferred him, saying truthfully, ‘My sister is very Slav in both looks and temperament.’
The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian.
Related words: Slavonic
Derived words: Balto-Slav
Pan-Slav
Slavaboo
Slavdom
Slavhood
Slavia
Slavic
Slavify
Slavisation
Slavism
Slavistics
Slavization
Slavize
Slavness
Slavophone
South Slav
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