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slava

slava

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

English

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, 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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Italian

Adjective

slava f

  1. feminine singular of slavo

Noun

slava f (plural slave) feminine of slavo

  1. Slavic woman, Slav woman

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Latvian

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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 слава (sláva), Russian, Serbo-Croatian слава (sláva)).[1]

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

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.

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. Christian celebration (holiday) honoring a family saint

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References

  • slava” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sláva f (genitive sláve, uncountable)

  1. glory
  2. fame

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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

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