Slaven

slaven Dutch Pronunciation nl Nl-Slaven.ogg Noun nl noun form nl Slaaf Old Czech Pronunciation Proper noun m-pr zlw-ocs male Declension m.pr Further reading Serbo-Croatian Alternative forms sh Slòvēn now chiefly Serbian Ekavian sh Slòvjēn now chiefly Serbian Ijekavian sh Slòvīn archaic Ikavian Etymology Ultimately from sh sla-pro *slověninъ, but, unlike the alternative forms, not directly inherited. The -a- vowel in the first syllable apparently derives from Russian Church Slavonic or sh ru славяни́н, perhaps with influence from sh slȁva by folk etymology.* Pronunciation Slàvēn sh Sla ven Noun Slàvēn m-an Slàvēnka sh now chiefly Bosnia Croatia Slav sh Serbia a man from Slavonia Usage notes Until the 18th century, the form of this word with -o- in the first syllable was almost universal throughout the Serbo-Croatian-speaking area (with varying reflexes of yat). The form with -a- seems to have originated in Slavonic-Serbian and spread under the influence of Pan-Slavism during the 19th century. By the 20th century, the form with -a- became the most common form in Croatia and all but disappeared from Serbia, effectively reversing the early 19th-century distribution of the two forms. Declension Slàvēn Slavéni Slavéna Slavena Slavenu Slavenima Slavena Slavene Slavenu Slaveni Slavenu Slavenima Slavenom Slavenima Proper noun Slàvēn m-an sh male Declension Slàvēn Slavéni Slavéna Slavena Slavenu Slavenima Slavena Slavene Slavenu Slaveni Slavenu Slavenima Slavenom Slavenima References sh Ethnonyms