slavonic

Speech parts

1. slavonic - Noun

2. slavonic - Adjective

3. Slavonic - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants.

Of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

slavic Slavic language slav Old Slavonic Slavonic language arab afghan asiatic slave Old Church Slavonic Balto-Slavic slavish slava slavonian Slavs
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Hypernyms

Balto-Slavic Balto-Slavic language Balto-Slavonic

Hyponyms

russian czech macedonian Bulgarian Ukrainian Belarusian

Phrases with the word

old church slavonic language

Anagrams

Volscian

Examples

By many, a rainbow appearing at the birth of a child is taken to be a favorable sign; but in Slavonic accounts a glance from the fay who sits at the foot of the rainbow, combing herself, brings death. Carl B. Boyer

Affinities had before him been observed between Latin and German, between German and Slavonic, etc., yet all attempts to prove one the parent of the other had been found preposterous.” Source: Internet

Also, Slovene and Slovak are the two modern Slavic languages whose names for themselves literally mean "Slavic" (slověnьskъ in old Slavonic ). Source: Internet

As their mother was a Slav from the hinterlands of Thessaloniki, the two brothers had been raised speaking the local Slavonic vernacular. Source: Internet

As the translations prepared by them were copied by speakers of other dialects, the hybrid literary language Old Church Slavonic was created. Source: Internet

Australian Slavonic and East European Studies. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Slavonia slavonian Slavonian grebe Slavonic language Slavonic studies Slavonically