slava
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From South Slavic slava / слава (slava), literally "fame, honour".
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NounEdit
slava (plural slavas)
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) The custom of honoring a family patron saint celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Bulgarians, Croats and Gorani.
- 1942: I was also enchanted at the opportunity of seeing a Slava (the word means ‘Holy’), which is the distinctive social custom of the Serbs. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 753)
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EtymologyEdit
A nominal, derived from the stem of (unattested) Latvian verb *slaut (“to make known”), whence also slavēt (“to praise, to commend, to speak highly”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian šlovė̃, dialectal šlóvė, šlavė̃, Proto-Slavic *slava (Old Church Slavonic слава (sláva), Russian, Serbo-Croatian слава (sláva)).[1]
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NounEdit
slava m
- (dialectal form) genitive singular form of slavs
slava f (4th declension)
- fame, renown (very high evaluation or opinion of a person, a place, an institution, a symbol, etc., by a community)
- aktiera, komponista slava ― an actor's, a composer's fame
- zinātnieka, izgudrotāja slava ― a scientist's, an inventor's fame, renown
- leģendāra slava ― legendary fame
- slavas augstumi ― the heights of fame
- kūrorta slava ― the resort's fame
- pieminekļa slava ― the monument's fame
- dzīties pēc slavas ― to chase fame
- iegūt slavu ar labu darbu ― to acquire fame with good work
- slava sakāpusi galvā ― the fame went to (his) head (i.e., he became conceited)
- glory, praise
- lai viņam slava! ― glory to him!
- dziedāt slavas dziesmas ― to sing songs of praise (to someone, i.e., to praise him/her highly)
- reputation, fame (a widespread idea or impression about someone)
- būt labā slavā ― to have (lit. be in) good reputation
- izplatīt (par kādu) sliktu slavu ― to spread a bad reputation (about someone)
- viņam ir lielībnieka slava ― he has the fame, reputation of (being a) braggart
DeclensionEdit
Declension of slava (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | slava | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | slavu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | slavas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | slavai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | slavu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | slavā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | slava | — |
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Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *slava, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewos.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
slȁva f (Cyrillic spelling сла̏ва)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of slava
SynonymsEdit
- (glory): díka
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “slava” in Hrvatski jezični portal
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *slava.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈslàːʋa/
- Tonal orthography: sláva
NounEdit
sláva f (genitive sláve, uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sláva (feminine, a-stem)