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Webster 1913 Edition
Slavonic
{
Sla-vo′ni-an
,Sla-von′ic
, }Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants.
2.
Of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language.
Webster 1828 Edition
Slavonic
SLAVON'IC
,Adj.
Pertaining to the Sclavi, a people that inhabited the country between the rivers Save and Drave, or to their language. Hence the word came to denote the language which is now spoken in Poland, Russia, Hungary, Bohemia, &c.
Definition 2024
Slavonic
Slavonic
English
Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language
Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language
Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Slavonic
- A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches:
- The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.
Synonyms
- (a branch of Indo-European languages):
- (hypothesized mother tongue of Slavic languages):
- Proto-Slavic
- Old Slavonic
- Common Slavic, Common Slavonic (proscribed)
Translations
unrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
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External links
- ISO 639-5 code sla
Adjective
Slavonic (not comparable)
- Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages.
- Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to Slavonia or Slavonic languages): Slavic
Translations
Slavic — see Slavic
References
"Collins Dictionary".