Sclave
See also: sclave
English
Noun
Sclave (plural Sclaves)
- Archaic form of Slav.
Anagrams
German
Noun
Sclave m (weak, genitive Sclaven, plural Sclaven, feminine Sclavin)
- Obsolete spelling of Sklave which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
Declension
Declension of Sclave [masculine, weak]
Latin
Noun
Sclave
- vocative singular of Sclavus
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin Sclavus̄ (“Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos). Doublet of sclave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈs(k)laːv(ə)/
Noun
Sclave (plural Sclaves)
Descendants
- English: Slav
References
- “Sclā̆ve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.