Slaven
Dutch
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Noun
[edit]Slaven
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Slòvēn (now chiefly Serbian, Ekavian)
- Slòvjēn (now chiefly Serbian, Ijekavian)
- Slòvīn (archaic, Ikavian)
Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ, but, unlike the alternative forms, not directly inherited. The -a- vowel in the first syllable apparently derives from Russian Church Slavonic or Russian славяни́н (slavjanín), perhaps with influence from slȁva by folk etymology.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Slàvēn m (Cyrillic spelling Сла̀ве̄н)
Usage notes
[edit]Until the 18th century, the form of this word with -o- in the first syllable was almost universal throughout the Serbo-Croatian-speaking area (with varying reflexes of yat). The form with -a- seems to have originated in Slavonic-Serbian and spread under the influence of Pan-Slavism during the 19th century. By the 20th century, the form with -a- became the most common form in Croatia and all but disappeared from Serbia, effectively reversing the early 19th-century distribution of the two forms.
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ * Skok, Petar (1971–1974) “Slaven”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1–4 (A – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU
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