слово

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic слово (slovo), from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɫɔvo]

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сло́во • (slóvo) n

1. word

   Synonym: ду́ма (dúma)

2. speech, oration

   Synonym: реч (reč)

3. address (formal act of addressing one's self to a person, formal verbal application to any one, formal statement on some subject or special occasion)

   Synonym: обръще́ние (obrǎšténie)

4. sermon

   Synonym: про́повед (própoved)

• солов (solov)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɫɔvɔ]

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сло́во • (slóvo) n

1. (archaic) word

   Synonym: збор (zbor)

2. (rare) a speech, especially for a ceremonial occasion

   Synonyms: говор (govor), беседа (beseda)

3. (dialectal) letter (of the alphabet)

   Synonym: буква (bukva)

4. (religion) homily, sermon

   Synonym: проповед (propoved)

• “слово” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• “слово” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
• слово in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

• ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ (slovo) — Glagolitic

Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

слово • (slovo) n

1. word, speech, utterance
   1. word
      • “ⱄⰾⱁⰲⰵⱄⰰ (leaf 118, line -2)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mk:13:31:

        небо ꙇ҅ земл҄ѣ прѣꙇ҅детъ · а꙼ моѣ словеса не прѣꙇ҅дѫтъ ·

        Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

      • Luke 24:19-20, from Codex Assemanius, 3241900-3241920:

        ꙇ́же бъис꙯ мѫжь пррок꙯ · силенъ дѣломъ и́ словомъ ·

        íže bŷis: mǫžĭ prrok: · silenŭ dělomŭ í slovomŭ ·

        A man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word.

   2. the faculty of speech
   3. teaching (something taught)
      • Matthew 7:26, from Codex Marianus:

        и вьсѣкъ слꙑшѧи словеса моѣ си и не творѧи ихъ · оуподобитъ сѧ мѫжѫ боуѭ̑ · ꙇже созъда своѭ храминѫ на пѣсъцѣ ·

        i vĭsěkŭ slyšęi slovesa mojě si i ne tvoręi ixŭ · upodobitŭ sę mǫžǫ bujǫ̑ · iže sozŭda svojǫ xraminǫ na pěsŭcě ·

        And everyone hearing these sayings of mine and not doing them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

      • John 6:60, from Codex Marianus, 4066010:

        жестоко естъ слово се кто можетъ его слꙋшати ·

        žestoko estŭ slovo se kto možetŭ ego slušati ·

        This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?

   4. news, rumor, tidings
      • “ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ (leaf 80, line 15)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎^[2] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mk:1:45:

        Ѡнъ же шьдъ начѧтъ проповѣдати много · ꙇ҅ проносити слово ·

        Onŭ že šĭdŭ načętŭ propovědati mnogho · i pronositi slovo ·

        Instead, having gone, he began to proclaim it freely and spread the news.

      • “ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ (leaf 154.5, line -2)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎^[3] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Lk:7:17:

        ꙇ҅ изиде слово се по всеі ꙇ҅юдеі о н҄емь ·

        hi izide slovo se po vshei ijudei o nʹjemĭ ·

        And this news of him went out over all Judea.

   5. (Christianity) the Logos
      • early 11th century, Codex Assemanius, John 1:1:

        Исконі бѣ слово [и] слово бѣ ꙋ́ б꙯а · и б꙯ъ бѣ слово ·

        Iskoni bě slovo [i] slovo bě ú b:a · i b:ŭ bě slovo ·

        In the beginning was the Word [and] the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

   6. order, commandment
   7. promise, vow
   8. name, appellation
   9. (Old East Church Slavonic, semantic loan from Greek) oracle, item for determining prophetic judgements
      • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Exodus 28.15:

        И҆ да сътвори́ши сло́во сꙋ́дное, дѣ́ло пестрѧ́щаго […]

        I da sŭtvoríši slóvo súdnoje, dě́lo pestrę́štago […]

        And thou shalt make an oracle of judgment, a variegated work […]

   10. (later Church Slavonic) speech, address, oration
2. written text
   1. homily, sermon
   2. the scriptures or a citation therefrom
3. mind, reason
   1. reason, cause
      • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “слово”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎^[4] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 230, line 20:

        чꙿто ѥ слово · что꙯ коварь҆ство · чꙿто ѥ҆ мꙑсль сьнитию̑ ѥ҅го · ѥ҅же въ а҅дъ ·

        What is the reason, what the craft, what is the thought behind his descent into Hell?

   2. (semantic loan from Greek) reason (cognitive faculty)
   3. (semantic loan from Greek) account, reckoning, calculation
   4. (semantic loan from Greek) meaning, signification
   5. (semantic loan from Greek) manner, type, essence
   6. (semantic loan from Hebrew) thing, matter

• слоути (sluti)
• слава (slava)

• Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti‎^[5], Vienna
• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “слово”, in Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X—XI веков) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “слово”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae) (overall work in Czech), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki
• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[6], София

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic слово (slovo) and Old Polish słowo.

• Hyphenation: сло‧во

слово (slovo) n (diminutive словесьце, related adjective словесьнꙑи)

1. word
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎^[7], page 2:

     нъ пораꙁоумѣи чьто гл҃ють книгꙑ и словеса та·

     nŭ porazuměi čĭto gl:jutĭ knigy i slovesa ta·

     but understand what the books say and the words, too

• Old Ruthenian: слово (slovo)
  • Belarusian: сло́ва (slóva)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: сло́во (slóvo)
  • Ukrainian: сло́во (slóvo)
• Russian: сло́во (slóvo)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “слово”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[8] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 417

Inherited from Old Slovak slovo, from Proto-Slavic *slovo. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn сло́во (slóvo) and Slovak slovo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɔvɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔvɔ
• Hyphenation: сло‧во

слово (slovo) n (diminutive словко)

1. word

   анї слово вецей! ― anji slovo vecej! ― not another word!

2. utterance, speech

   Near-synonyms: бешеда (bešeda), вираз (viraz), вислов (vislov)

3. promise

   Near-synonym: обецанє (obecanje)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “слово”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “word”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 380

Inherited from Old East Slavic слово (slovo), from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɫovə]

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сло́во • (slóvo) n inan (genitive сло́ва, nominative plural слова́, genitive plural слов, relational adjective слове́сный, diminutive слове́чко or словцо́)

1. word, term

   гру́бое сло́во ― grúboje slóvo ― harsh word

   устаре́вшее сло́во ― ustarévšeje slóvo ― obsolete word

2. speech, address
3. promise

   наруша́ть сло́во ― narušátʹ slóvo ― to break one's word, to go back upon / on one's word (breaking promise or contract)

• речь f (rečʹ)
• язы́к m (jazýk)

Compound words:

Compounds:

Phrases

Proverbs

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “слово”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• слово in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

• во́лос (vólos)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

• IPA^(key): /slôʋo/
• Hyphenation: сло‧во

сло̏во n (Latin spelling slȍvo)

1. letter (letter of the alphabet)
2. (figuratively) speech, sermon
3. (obsolete) word

   Synonym: ре̑ч

• “слово”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Middle Ukrainian сло́во n sg (slóvo), from Old East Slavic слово n sg (slovo), from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo n sg (“word”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɫɔwɔ]

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сло́во • (slóvo) n inan (genitive сло́ва, nominative plural слова́, genitive plural слів, relational adjective слове́сний, diminutive слове́чко or слівце́)

1. a word
2. a verbal expression, utterance, or phrase
3. a speech, presentation, oration
4. the facility of speech, language, verbal articulation
5. a literary genre
6. a promise

• глаго́л (hlahól)
• мо́ва (móva)
• вислів (vysliv), вираз (vyraz)
• висловлювання (vyslovljuvannja), ду́мка (dúmka), рішення (rišennja)
• обіцянка (obicjanka)
• промо́ва (promóva), виступ (vystup)
• напучення (napučennja)
• те́рмін (términ)

• словотві́р (slovotvír)
• х-сло́во (x-slóvo)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “слово”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “слово”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “слово”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)