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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srb, from Proto-Slavic *s?rb?.

Noun

serb (definite accusative serbi, plural serbl?r)

1. Serb (person)

Declension

Derived terms

• serbc?

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?erv/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *swerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ache”). Cognate with Welsh chwerw.

Adjective

serb

1. (of flavour) bitter
2. (in abstract sense) bitter, hurtful, grievous, disagreeable
3. (of sounds) harsh, discordant

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: searbh
• Scottish Gaelic: searbh

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *serw?, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“booty”); related to Latin servus (“slave”).

Noun

serb f

1. theft

Inflection

References

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin servus.

Noun

serb m

1. (hapax) slave

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 serb ‘bitter’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 serb ‘theft’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “3 serb ‘slave’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srb, from Proto-Slavic *s?rb?.

Noun

serb c

1. Serb, Serbian

Declension

Related terms

• serbiska

Uzbek

Noun

serb (plural serblar)

1. Serb

Derived terms

• serbcha

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl??v?/

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)

Further reading

• Slava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Salva, avals, lavas, vasal

Italian

Adjective

slava

1. feminine singular of slavo

Noun

slava f (plural slave)

1. female equivalent of slavo

   Slavic woman, Slav woman

Anagrams

• salva, valsa

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (archaic form) sl?ve
• (dialectal forms) slave, slavs

Etymology

A nominal, derived from the stem of (unattested) Latvian verb *slaut (“to make known”), whence also slav?t (“to praise, to commend, to speak highly”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian šlov??, dialectal šlóv?, šlav??, Proto-Slavic *slava.

Pronunciation

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)

2. glory, praise

3. reputation, fame (a widespread idea or impression about someone)

Declension

Synonyms

• gods
• reput?cija

Derived terms

• slavens

References

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 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

From Proto-Slavic *slava, from Proto-Indo-European *?lewos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slâ?a/
• Hyphenation: sla?va

Noun

sl?va f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (glory): díka

Derived terms

• pròslaviti

See also

• fešta

References

• “slava” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slà??a/

Noun

sláva f

1. glory
2. fame

Inflection

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• slaveri

Anagrams

• salva, svala