Slavic

See also: slavic, slavić, and slavíc

English

Alternative forms

(abbreviation): Sl.

Etymology

From Slav + -ic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈslævɪk/, /ˈslɑːvɪk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ævɪk, -ɑːvɪk

Adjective

Slavic (not comparable)

Of the Slavs, their culture or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.

Synonyms

Slavonic, Sclavonic

Related terms

Slavdom, Slavia, Slavism, Slavistics, Pan-Slavic, Interslavic

Translations

of the Slavs, their culture or languages

Afrikaans: Slawies
Albanian: sllav (sq), nashke
Arabic: سْلَافِيّ‎ (slāfiyy), صَقْلَبِيّ‎ (ṣaqlabiyy)
Hijazi Arabic: سلاڤي‎ m (slāvi)
Armenian: սլավոնական (hy) (slavonakan)
Azerbaijani: slavyan
Belarusian: славя́нскі (slavjánski)
Bengali: স্লাভিক (ślabhik), স্লাভীয় (ślabhiẏo)
Bulgarian: славя́нски (slavjánski)
Burmese: ဆလဗ (hca.la.ba.)
Catalan: eslau
Chinese:
Cantonese: 斯拉夫 (si¹ laai¹ fu¹)

Mandarin: 斯拉夫 (zh) (sīlāfū)
Cree: slovenski
Czech: slovanský (cs)
Danish: slavisk
Dutch: Slavisch (nl)
Esperanto: slava
Estonian: slaavi
Finnish: slaavilainen (fi)
French: slave (fr), slavon (fr)
Friulian: slâf
Georgian: სლავური (slavuri)
German: slawisch (de)
Greek: σλαυικός (slavikós), σλαβικός (el) (slavikós)
Hawaiian: Selawika, ʻōlelo Selawika
Hebrew: סְלָאבִי‎ (slávi)
Hindi: स्लाव (slāv), स्लावी (slāvī)
Hungarian: szláv (hu)
Icelandic: slavískur
Irish: Slavach, Slavónach
Italian: slavo (it)
Japanese: スラヴ (suravu), スラブ (surabu)
Kashubian: słoviński
Kazakh: славян (slavän), славяндық (slavändyq)
Khmer: ស្លាវ (slaaw), ស្លាវី (slaavii)
Komi-Permyak: славян (slavʹan)
Komi-Zyrian: славян (slavan)
Korean: 슬라브 (seullabeu)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: slavî (ku)
Kyrgyz: славян (slavyan), славяндык (slavyandık)
Latvian: slāvu, slāvisks
Lithuanian: slavų m, slaviškas
Macedonian: словенски (slovenski)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: славян (slavjan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: slavisk
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: словѣньскъ (slověnĭskŭ)
Pashto: سلاو‎ (sláw), اسلاو‎ (esláw)
Persian: اسلاو‎ (fa) (eslâv)
Polish: słowiański (pl)
Portuguese: eslavo (pt), eslávico
Romanian: slavon (ro), slavonesc (ro), slav (ro)
Russian: славя́нский (ru) (slavjánskij)
Rusyn: славя́нскый (slavjánskŷj)
Scottish Gaelic: Slàbhach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сло̀ве̄нскӣ (now chiefly Serbia, Ekavian), сло̀вје̄нскӣ (now chiefly Serbia, Ijekavian), сла̀ве̄нскӣ (Bosnian, Croatian, dated Serbian)

Roman: slòvēnskī (sh) (now chiefly Serbia, Ekavian), slòvjēnskī (sh) (now chiefly Serbia, Ijekavian), slàvēnskī (sh) (Bosnian, Croatian, dated Serbian)
Sicilian: slavu m
Silesian: słowjański
Slovak: slovanský
Slovene: slovánski (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower: słowjański

Upper: słowjanski (hsb)
Spanish: eslavo (es)
Swedish: slavisk (sv)
Tagalog: Eslabo
Tajik: славян (slavyan)
Tatar: славян (slawyan)
Thai: สลาฟ (sà-láaf)
Turkish: Slav (tr)
Turkmen: slawýan
Udmurt: славян (slavan)
Ukrainian: слов'я́нський (uk) (slovʺjánsʹkyj)
Urdu: سلاو‎ (slāv), سلاوی‎ (slāvī)
Uyghur: سىلاۋىيان‎ (silawiyan)
Uzbek: slavyan (uz)
Vietnamese: Xla-vơ
Welsh: Slafaidd
Yiddish: סלאַוויש‎ (slavish)

Noun

Slavic (uncountable)

Any of various languages spoken by the Slavic peoples, such as Proto-Slavic, Common Slavic, Old Church Slavic, or the modern Slavic languages.
It is a commonly known fact that formal marks of perfective aspect in Slavic are prefixes.

Synonyms

Slavonic, Sclavonic

Meronyms

Church Slavic, Church Slavonic
- Old Church Slavic, Old Church Slavonic
East Slavic, East Slavonic
- Old East Slavic, Old East Slavonic
- Great Russian = Russian = Russ
- Little Russian = Ukrainian
- White Russian = Belarusian
South Slavic, South Slavonic
West Slavic, West Slavonic
- Czech
- Kashubian
- Slovak
- Sorbian

Translations

German: Slawisch (de) n

Anagrams

cavils, clavis

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