slava

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

English

Etymology

From South Slavic slava / слава (slava), literally "fame, honour". The word is also used in some Slavic languages to wish blessings to another person.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɑːvə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːvə

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)

Related terms

• heroiam slava

Further reading

• Slava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Alvas, Salva, avals, lavas, vasal

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzla.va/
• Rhymes: -ava
• Hyphenation: slà‧va

Adjective

slava

1. feminine singular of slavo

Noun

slava f (plural slave)

1. female equivalent of slavo: Slavic woman, Slav woman

Anagrams

• salva, salva-, valsa

Latvian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ślā́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-. Cognates include Lithuanian šlovė̃, dialectal šlóvė, šlavė̃, Proto-Slavic *slava.

Noun

slava m

1. (dialectal) genitive singular 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

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 slava/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.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

slȁva f (Cyrillic spelling сла̏ва)

1. glory

   Synonym: díka

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

Derived terms

• pròslaviti

See also

• fešta

References

• “slava”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slàːʋa/

Noun

sláva f

1. glory
2. fame

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	sláva
genitive	sláve
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sláva
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sláve
dative (dajȃlnik)	slávi
accusative (tožȋlnik)	slávo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	slávi
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	slávo

Swedish

Etymology

slav +‎ -a

Verb

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

1. to slave, to slave away ((be forced to) work very hard, more or less like a slave)

   Synonym: träla

   • 1972, Hoola Bandoola Band (lyrics and music), “Keops pyramid”, in Vem kan man lita på?‎^[1]:

     Jag är en av dom som slavar på kung Keops pyramid, och det är vi som jobbar nere intill foten. Vi sliter och vi svettas för att inte tappa tid, och det är synd om dom som inte fyller kvoten. Har man en gång kommit hit blir man aldrig mera fri. Om man slutar här så slutar man i gropen. Men om kungen sägs att han är son av solen.

     I am one of those slaving [sounds more natural in Swedish] on King Cheops' pyramid, and it is we who work down next to the foot. We toil and we sweat to not lose time, and it is a pity for ["it is a shame about" in the sense of "one feels sorry for," roughly] those who do not meet the quota. Once you are here you will never again be free [If one has once come here becomes one never again free]. If you end up here you end up in the pit. But of the king is said that he is the son of the sun.

Conjugation

Conjugation of slava (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	slava		—
Supine	slavat		—
Imperative	slava		—
Imper. plural1	slaven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	slavar	slavade	—	—
Ind. 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

References

• slava in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• slava in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• slava in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• salva, svala