Slaven

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Slaven

1. plural of Slaaf

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsɫaʋɛn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈslavɛn/

Slaven m pers

1. a male given name

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Slaven”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• Slòvēn (now chiefly Serbian, Ekavian)
• Slòvjēn (now chiefly Serbian, Ijekavian)
• Slòvīn (archaic, Ikavian)

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ, but, unlike the alternative forms, not directly inherited. The -a- vowel in the first syllable apparently derives from Russian Church Slavonic or Russian славяни́н (slavjanín), perhaps with influence from slȁva by folk etymology.

• IPA^(key): /slǎʋeːn/
• Hyphenation: Sla‧ven

Slàvēn m (Cyrillic spelling Сла̀ве̄н)

1. (now chiefly Bosnia, Croatia) Slav
2. (Serbia) a man from Slavonia
3. a male given name

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.