слово

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic слово (slovo), from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

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Noun

сло́во • (slóvo) n

1. word

   Synonym: ду́ма (dúma)

2. speech, oration

   Synonym: реч (reč)

3. address (formal act of addressing one's self to a person, formal verbal application to any one, formal statement on some subject or special occasion)

   Synonym: обръще́ние (obrǎšténie)

4. sermon

   Synonym: про́повед (própoved)

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Anagrams

• солов (solov)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

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Noun

сло́во • (slóvo) n

1. (archaic) word

   Synonym: збор (zbor)

2. (rare) a speech, especially for a ceremonial occasion

   Synonyms: говор (govor), беседа (beseda)

3. (dialectal) letter (of the alphabet)

   Synonym: буква (bukva)

4. (religion) homily, sermon

   Synonym: проповед (propoved)

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Further reading

• “слово” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
• “слово” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
• слово in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ (slovo) — Glagolitic

Etymology

Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

Noun

слово • (slovo) n

1. word, speech, utterance
   1. word
      • “ⱄⰾⱁⰲⰵⱄⰰ (leaf 118, line -2)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mk:13:31:

        небо ꙇ҅ земл҄ѣ прѣꙇ҅детъ · а꙼ моѣ словеса не прѣꙇ҅дѫтъ ·

        nebo i҅ zemlʹě prěi҅detŭ · a꙼ moě slovesa ne prěi҅dǫtŭ ·

        Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

      • Luke 24:19-20, from Codex Assemanius, 3241900-3241920:

        ꙇ́же бъис꙯ мѫжь пррок꙯ · силенъ дѣломъ и́ словомъ ·

        íže bys꙯ mǫžĭ prrok꙯ · silenŭ dělomŭ í slovomŭ ·

        A man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word.

   2. the faculty of speech
   3. teaching (something taught)
      • Matthew 7:26, from Codex Marianus:

        и вьсѣкъ слꙑшѧи словеса моѣ си и не творѧи ихъ · оуподобитъ сѧ мѫжѫ боуѭ̑ · ꙇже созъда своѭ храминѫ на пѣсъцѣ ·

        i vĭsěkŭ slyšęi slovesa moě si i ne tvoręi ixŭ · upodobitŭ sę mǫžǫ bujǫ̑ · iže sozŭda svojǫ xraminǫ na pěsŭcě ·

        And everyone hearing these sayings of mine and not doing them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

      • John 6:60, from Codex Marianus, 4066010:

        жестоко естъ слово се кто можетъ его слꙋшати ·

        žestoko estŭ slovo se kto možetŭ ego slušati ·

        This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?

   4. news, rumor, tidings
      • “ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ (leaf 80, line 15)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mk:1:45:

        Ѡнъ же шьдъ начѧтъ проповѣдати много · ꙇ҅ проносити слово ·

        Onŭ že šĭdŭ načętŭ propovědati mnogo · i҅ pronositi slovo ·

        Instead, having gone, he began to proclaim it freely and spread the news.

      • “ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ (leaf 154.5, line -2)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Lk:7:17:

        ꙇ҅ изиде слово се по всеі ꙇ҅юдеі о н҄емь ·

        i҅ izide slovo se po vsei i҅judei o nʹemĭ ·

        And this news of him went out over all Judea.

   5. (Christianity) the Logos
      • early 11th century, Codex Assemanius, John 1:1:

        Исконі бѣ слово [и] слово бѣ ꙋ́ б꙯а · и б꙯ъ бѣ слово ·

        Iskoni bě slovo [i] slovo bě ú b꙯a · i b꙯ŭ bě slovo ·

        In the beginning was the Word the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

   6. order, commandment
   7. promise, vow
   8. name, appellation
   9. (Old East Church Slavonic, semantic loan from Greek) oracle, item for determining prophetic judgements
      • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Exodus 28.15:

        И҆ да сътвори́ши сло́во сꙋ́дное, дѣ́ло пестрѧ́щаго […]

        I҆ da sŭtvoríši slóvo súdnoe, dě́lo pestrę́štago […]

        And thou shalt make an oracle of judgment, a variegated work

   10. (later Church Slavonic) speech, address, oration
2. written text
   1. homily, sermon
   2. the scriptures or a citation therefrom
3. mind, reason
   1. reason, cause
      • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “слово”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 230, line 20:

        чꙿто ѥ слово · что꙯ коварь҆ство · чꙿто ѥ҆ мꙑсль сьнитию̑ ѥ҅го · ѥ҅же въ а҅дъ ·

        čꙿto je slovo · čto꙯ kovarĭ҆stvo · čꙿto je҆ myslĭ sĭnitijȗ je҅go · je҅že vŭ a҅dŭ ·

        What is the reason, what the craft, what is the thought behind his descent into Hell?

   2. (semantic loan from Greek) reason (cognitive faculty)
   3. (semantic loan from Greek) account, reckoning, calculation
   4. (semantic loan from Greek) meaning, signification
   5. (semantic loan from Greek) manner, type, essence
   6. (semantic loan from Hebrew) thing, matter

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• слоути (sluti)
• слава (slava)

References

• Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti‎, Vienna
• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “слово”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “слово”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN
• Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki
• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic слово (slovo) and Old Polish słowo.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈslɔʋɔ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈslɔʋɔ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈslɔʋɔ/
• Hyphenation: сло‧во

Noun

слово (slovo) n (diminutive словесьце, related adjective словесьнꙑи)

1. word
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 2:

     нъ пораꙁоумѣи чьто гл҃ють книгꙑ и словеса та·

     nŭ porazuměi čĭto gl:jutĭ knigy i slovesa ta·

     but understand what the books say and the words, too

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Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: слово (slovo)
  • Belarusian: сло́ва (slóva)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: сло́во (slóvo)
  • Ukrainian: сло́во (slóvo)
• Russian: сло́во (slóvo)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “слово”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 417

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic слово (slovo), from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

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Noun

сло́во • (slóvo) n inan (genitive сло́ва, nominative plural слова́, genitive plural слов, relational adjective слове́сный, diminutive слове́чко or словцо́)

1. word, term

   гру́бое сло́во ― grúboje slóvo ― harsh word

   устаре́вшее сло́во ― ustarévšeje slóvo ― obsolete word

2. speech, address
3. promise

   наруша́ть сло́во ― narušátʹ slóvo ― to break one's word, to go back upon / on one's word (breaking promise or contract)

Declension

Hypernyms

• речь f (rečʹ)
• язы́к m (jazýk)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• слово in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slôʋo/
• Hyphenation: сло‧во

Noun

сло̏во n (Latin spelling slȍvo)

1. letter (letter of the alphabet)
2. (figuratively) speech, sermon
3. (obsolete) word

Declension

References

• “слово” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

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слово

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ukrainian сло́во n sg (slóvo), from Old East Slavic слово n sg (slovo), from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo n sg (“word”).

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Noun

сло́во • (slóvo) n inan (genitive сло́ва, nominative plural слова́, genitive plural слів, relational adjective слове́сний, diminutive слове́чко or слівце́)

1. a word
2. a verbal expression, utterance, or phrase
3. a speech, presentation, oration
4. the facility of speech, language, verbal articulation
5. a literary genre
6. a promise

Declension

Synonyms

• глаго́л (hlahól)
• мо́ва (móva)
• вислів (vysliv), вираз (vyraz)
• висловлювання (vyslovljuvannja), ду́мка (dúmka), рішення (rišennja)
• обіцянка (obicjanka)
• промо́ва (promóva), виступ (vystup)
• напучення (napučennja)
• те́рмін (términ)

Related terms

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “слово”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “слово”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “слово”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)