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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian slăvină, probably of Slavic origin, ultimately equivalent to Proto-Slavic *slavь (“stopple”) + -ина (-ina) (which is perhaps akin to Lithuanian šlúoti (“to sweep”)). Skok (in reference to the Croatian cognate) derives it from Vulgar Latin lavāre (“to wash”).
Pronunciation
Noun
слави́на • (slavína) f (dialectal, Moesian and Torlak dialects)
- faucet, bung, tap
- Synonyms: втулка (vtulka), чеп (čep)
- (technical) old-style valve, flap (device which controls (blocks/releases) the flow of a fluid)
Declension
Related terms
- сла́вей (slávej, “small faucet, tap”) (dialectal)
- Сло́вута (Slóvuta, “Upper Dnieper”) (historical)
References
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “слъвина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 133
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
славина • (slavina) f
- faucet, tap
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slǎʋina/
- Hyphenation: сла‧ви‧на
Noun
сла̀вина f (Latin spelling slàvina)
- faucet, tap
Declension