Slav

-slav Slav slav slav. sláv English thumb|People from these countries are usually considered Slavs Etymology en :inh enm:Sclave 1en la-lat From en enm Sclave, borrowed from en la-med Sclavus, from en gkm Σκλάβος; see that entry for more. en slave ciao. Displaced native ang Winedas Wined. Pronunciation en /slɑːv/ RP,GA,SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Slav.wav Southern England en ɑːv 1 Noun en noun plural Slavs or archaic Slavi A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages. en 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 en Balto-Slav Slavaboo Slavify Slavisation Slavism Slavistics Slavization Slavize Slavophone Pan-Slav South Slav Slavdom Slavhood Slavia Slavic Slavness Related terms en Slavonic Descendants ko 슬라브 1 Translations a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language Albanian: sq sllav m, sq sllave f Arabic: ar صَقْلَبِيّ m, ar سَلَافِيّ m, ar سَلَاف m-p, ar صَقَالِبَة f-p Armenian: hy սլավոն Asturian: ast eslavu Azerbaijani: az slavyan Belarusian: be славяні́н m, be славя́нка f Bulgarian: bg славя́нин m, bg славя́нка f Catalan: ca eslau m, ca eslava f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 斯拉夫人 si1 laai1 fu1 jan4 Mandarin: cmn 斯拉夫人 sīlāfūrén Czech: cs Slovan m Danish: da slaver c Dutch: nl Slaaf m, nl Slavische f Esperanto: eo slavo, eo slavino woman Estonian: et slaavlane Finnish: fi slaavi French: fr slave m f Friulian: fur sclâf, fur sclâv Georgian: ka სლავი German: de Slawe m, de Slawin f Greek: el Σλάβος m, el Σλάβα f Ancient Greek: grc Σουοβηνός m, grc Σταυανός m Hebrew: he סלאבי m Hindi: hi स्लाव m Hungarian: hu szláv Irish: ga Slavacha Italian: it slavo m, it slava f Japanese: ja スラヴ人 suravujin, ja スラブ人 surabujin Kazakh: kk славян Korean: ko 슬라브 사람 Kyrgyz: ky славян, ky славянин Latin: la Sclavus m Latvian: lv slāvs m, lv slāviete f Lithuanian: lt slavas m, lt slavė f Macedonian: mk Словен m, mk Словенка f Middle English: enm Sclave Mongolian: mn слав, mn славян Norwegian: no slav Old East Slavic: orv словѣнинъ m, orv словѣнка f Old English: ang Winedas Wined m Persian: fa اسلاو eslâv, fa سقلابی saqlâbi Polabian: pox slüvensťĕ Polish: pl Słowianin m, pl Słowianka f Portuguese: pt eslavo m, pt eslava f Romani: rom das m Romanian: ro slav m, ro slavă f Russian: ru славяни́н m, ru славя́нка f Scottish Gaelic: gd Slàbhach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Словен m, sh Словенка f Bosnian, Serbian, sh Славен m, sh Славенка f Croatian Latin: sh Sloven m, sh Slovenka f Bosnian, Serbian, sh Slaven m, sh Slavenka f Croatian Slovak: sk Slovan m, sk Slovanka f Slovene: sl Slován m, sl Slovánka f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Słowjan m Upper Sorbian: hsb Słowjan m Spanish: es eslavo m, es eslava f Swedish: sv slav Tagalog: tl Eslabo Tajik: tg славян Thai: th ชาวสลาฟ chaao sà-làaf Turkish: tr Slav Turkmen: tk slawýan Ukrainian: uk слов'яни́н m, uk слов'я́нка f Urdu: ur سلاو m slāv Uzbek: uz slavyan Venetan: vec slavo Vietnamese: vi người Slav Welsh: cy Slaf m Yakut: sah ньөһа Further reading Slavs Adjective en Slavic. en Oona H[oward] Ball Dalmatia London Faber & Faber Limited,24 Russell Street 1932 45 Arising out of her intercourse with the Slavs of the interior, Dubrovnik became a very Slav city, both in manners and in sympathy. en w:The New Yorker 1943 48 2 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. en Darrell Bates The Shell at My Ear London Rupert Hart-Davis,Soho Squrare 1961 132 She spoke French with a very Slav accent. en Peter Black The Poms in the Sun London Michael Joseph Ltd 1965 230 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. en Sarah Gainham [pseudonym; Rachel Ames] To the Opera Ball London Macmillan London Limited 1975 245 0 333 18424 6 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. en Clarence J. Karier Scientists of the Mind: Intellectual Founders of Modern Psychology Urbana, Ill.; Chicago, Ill. w:University of Illinois Press 1986 183 https://archive.org/details/scientistsofmind00kari/page/183/mode/1up 0-252-01182-1 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.” en John Lowe Edward James, Poet, Patron, Eccentric: A Surrealist Life London Collins 1991 137–138 https://archive.org/details/edwardjamespoetp0000lowe/page/138/mode/1up 0 00 217941 5 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. en w:Margaret Pemberton Zadruga: The Story of a Family and a Country London Corgi Books, Transworld Publishers Ltd 1994 496–497 https://archive.org/details/zadrugastoryoffa0000pemb/page/497/mode/1up 0 552 13987 4 ‘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.’ John Malathronas Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn? https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness 2021-04-25 The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian. https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023413/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness Derived terms en Slav Defence/en Slav Defense Slav squat Anagrams en alsv Vals lavs vals en Demonyms Turkish Pronunciation tr /ˈslav/ tr Slav Proper noun tr people en Slav Declension 1 1 Hypernyms tr Avrasyalı Hyponyms tr Beyaz Rus, tr Boşnak, tr Bulgar, tr Çek, tr Hırvat, tr Leh, tr Rus, tr Sırp, tr Slovak, tr Sloven, tr Ukraynalı historical tr Çekoslovak, tr Yugoslav Derived terms tr Slavca Further reading tr Slavlar