Словен

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: Сло‧вен

Словен • (Sloven) m (plural Словени, feminine Словенка, relational adjective словенски)

1. Slav

• Словенец m (Slovenec), Словенка f (Slovenka), словенечки (slovenečki), Словенија f (Slovenija)
• Словак m (Slovak), Словакинка f (Slovakinka), словачки (slovački), Словачка f (Slovačka)

• Сло̀вје̄н (Ijekavian)
• Сло̀вӣн (archaic, Ikavian)
• Сла̀ве̄н (Bosnia, Croatia, dated Serbian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ.

• IPA^(key): /slǒʋeːn/
• Hyphenation: Сло‧вен

Сло̀ве̄н m (Latin spelling Slòvēn)

1. (now chiefly Serbia, Ekavian) Slav

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.