slava

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

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɑːvə/

NounEdit

slava (plural slavas)

1. (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)

Further readingEdit

• Slava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

AnagramsEdit

• Salva, avals, lavas, vasal

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ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

slava f

1. feminine singular of slavo

NounEdit

slava f (plural slave) feminine of slavo

1. Slavic woman, Slav woman

AnagramsEdit

• salva, valsa

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LatvianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

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

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)).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

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	—

SynonymsEdit

• gods
• reputācija

Derived termsEdit

• slavens

ReferencesEdit

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

slȁva f (Cyrillic spelling сла̏ва)

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

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

• (glory): díka

Derived termsEdit

• pròslaviti

See alsoEdit

• fešta

ReferencesEdit

• “slava” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *slava.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈslàːʋa/
• Tonal orthography: sláva

NounEdit

sláva f (genitive sláve, uncountable)

1. glory
2. fame

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sláva (feminine, a-stem)

	singular
nominative	sláva
accusative	slávo
genitive	sláve
dative	slávi
locative	slávi
instrumental	slávo

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

slav +‎ -a

VerbEdit

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

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

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of slava (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	slava	—
Present tense	slavar	—
Past tense	slavade	—
Supine	slavat	—
Imperative	slava	—
Present participle	slavande
Past participle	—

Related termsEdit

• slaveri