Sloven

See also: sloven

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɔˈvɛːn/

Adjective

Sloven (feminine singular Slovena, plural Sloveni)

  1. Slovene (of, from or relating to Slovenia)

Noun

Sloven m (plural Sloveni, feminine Slovena)

  1. Slovene (native or inhabitant of Slovenia) (male or of unspecified gender)

Noun

Is-Sloven m

  1. Slovene (language)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slǒʋeːn/
  • Hyphenation: Slo‧ven

Proper noun

Slòvēn m (Cyrillic spelling Сло̀ве̄н)

  1. (now chiefly Serbia, Ekavian) Slav

Usage notes

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

Turkish

Noun

Sloven (definite accusative Sloveni, plural Slovenler)

  1. Slovene, Slovenian

Declension

Derived terms

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