slava

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

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

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)

• heroiam slava

• Slava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Alvas, Salva, avals, lavas, vasal

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

slava

1. feminine singular of slavo

slava f (plural slave)

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

• salva, salva-, valsa

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ślā́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-. Cognates include Lithuanian šlovė̃, dialectal šlóvė, šlavė̃, Proto-Slavic *slava.^[1]

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

• gods
• reputācija

• slavens

• slave (e infinitive)

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

• træla/træle

• “slava” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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

slȁva f (Cyrillic spelling сла̏ва)

1. glory

   Synonym: díka

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

• pròslaviti

• fešta

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

From Proto-Slavic *slava.

• IPA^(key): /slàːʋa/

sláva f

1. glory
2. fame

slav +‎ -a

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, “Keops pyramid [Cheops' pyramid / Great Pyramid of Giza]”, in Vem kan man lita på? [Who can you trust?]‎^[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.

• slaveri

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

• salva, svala