Slavic definition

slävĭk
Of or relating to the Slavs or their languages.
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Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes such languages as Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Polish, and is composed of the East Slavic, South Slavic, and West Slavic subdivisions.
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The Slavic branch of Indo-European.
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A principal branch of the Indo-European family of languages, generally divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian), South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian, Macedonian), and West Slavic (Polish, Lusatian, Czech, Slovak)
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Slavic Sentence Examples

  • His Starozitnosti Slovanske (Slavic antiquities), an attempt to record the then almost unknown history and literature of the early Sla y s, has still considerable value.

  • It was overrun by Slavic hordes, who have left their traces in many village names, and was one of the chief battlefields of the various powers - Byzantines, Franks, Venetians and Turks - who struggled for the possession of the Morea.

  • The latter is said to have married Pfemysl, a peasant who was found ploughing his field - a legend that is common in most Slavic countries.

  • Several causes, among others his Slavic nationality, which was likely to render him obnoxious to the Germans, contributed to his decision.

  • In consequence of the general national movement which is so characteristic of the year 1848, it was decided to hold at Prague a " Slavic congress " to which Sla y s of all parts of the Austrian empire, as well as those belonging to other countries, were invited.

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