slava

See also: sláva, Sláva, slāva, slāvā, slavā, and slavă

English

Etymology

From South Slavic slava / слава (slava), literally "fame, honour".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɑːvə/

Noun

slava (plural slavas)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians 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)

Further reading

• Slava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Salva, avals, lavas, vasal

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Italian

Adjective

slava

1. feminine singular of slavo

Noun

slava f (plural slave)

1. female equivalent of slavo

   Slavic woman, Slav woman

Anagrams

• salva, valsa

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Latvian

Alternative forms

• (archaic form) slāve
• (dialectal forms) slave, slavs

Etymology

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 сла́ва (sláva), Russian сла́ва (sláva), Serbo-Croatian sláva).

Noun

slava m

1. (dialectal form) genitive singular form of slavs

slava f (4th declension)

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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

Declension

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	—

Synonyms

• gods
• reputācija

Derived terms

• slavens

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• slave (e infinitive)

Verb

slava (present tense slavar, past tense slava, past participle slava, passive infinitive slavast, present participle slavande, imperative slav)

1. (intransitive) to wear out by labouring
2. (intransitive) to work or serve as a slave

Synonyms

• træla/træle

References

• “slava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slâʋa/
• Hyphenation: sla‧va

Noun

slȁva f (Cyrillic spelling сла̏ва)

1. glory
2. fame
3. feast
4. (regional, Orthodox Christian) Christian celebration (holiday) honoring a family saint

Declension

Declension of slava

	singular	plural
nominative	slȁva	slave
genitive	slave	slȃvā
dative	slavi	slavama
accusative	slavu	slave
vocative	slavo	slave
locative	slavi	slavama
instrumental	slavom	slavama

Synonyms

• (glory): díka

Derived terms

• pròslaviti

See also

• fešta

References

• “slava” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slàːʋa/

Noun

sláva f

1. glory
2. fame

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	sláva
genitive	sláve
	singular
nominative	sláva
accusative	slávo
genitive	sláve
dative	slávi
locative	slávi
instrumental	slávo

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Swedish

Etymology

slav +‎ -a

Verb

slava (present slavar, preterite slavade, supine slavat, imperative slava)

1. to work or serve as a slave; to be treated like a slave

Conjugation

Conjugation of slava (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	slava		—
Supine	slavat		—
Imperative	slava		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	slavar	slavade	—	—
Indicative plural1	slava	slavade	—	—
Subjunctive2	slave	slavade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	slavande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• slaveri

Anagrams

• salva, svala