slava

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, 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 reading

• Slava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Salva, avals, lavas, vasal

Adjective

slava f

1. feminine singular of slavo

Noun

slava f (plural slave) feminine of slavo

1. Slavic woman, Slav woman

Anagrams

• salva, valsa

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 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

References

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

References

• “slava” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sláva f (genitive sláve, uncountable)

1. glory
2. fame

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