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Slav

See also: -slav, slav, slav., and sláv

English

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People from these countries are usually considered Slavs

Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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Slav (plural Slavs or (archaic) Slavi)

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

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

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Adjective

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Slav (comparative more Slav, superlative most Slav)

  1. Synonym of Slavic.
    • 1932, Oona H[oward] Ball, Dalmatia, London: Faber & Faber Limited, […], page 45:
      Arising out of her intercourse with the Slavs of the interior, Dubrovnik became a very Slav city, both in manners and in sympathy.
    • 1943, The New Yorker, page 48, column 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.
    • 1961, Darrell Bates, The Shell at My Ear, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, […], page 132:
      She spoke French with a very Slav accent.
    • 1965, Peter Black, The Poms in the Sun, London: Michael Joseph Ltd, page 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.
    • 1975, Sarah Gainham [pseudonym; Rachel Ames], To the Opera Ball, London: Macmillan London Limited, →ISBN, page 245:
      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.
    • 1986, Clarence J. Karier, Scientists of the Mind: Intellectual Founders of Modern Psychology, Urbana, Ill., Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 183:
      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.”
    • 1991, John Lowe, Edward James, Poet, Patron, Eccentric: A Surrealist Life, London: Collins, →ISBN, pages 137–138:
      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.
    • 1994, Margaret Pemberton, Zadruga: The Story of a Family and a Country, London: Corgi Books, Transworld Publishers Ltd, →ISBN, pages 496–497:
      ‘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.’

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈslav/
  • Hyphenation: Slav

Proper noun

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Slav

  1. (people) Slav

Declension

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    declension of Slav
singular plural
nominative Slav Slavlar
accusative Slav'ı Slavları
dative Slav'a Slavlara
locative Slav'da Slavlarda
ablative Slav'dan Slavlardan
genitive Slav'ın Slavların

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