Slav

See also: slav

English

People from these countries are usually considered Slavs

From Middle English sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more.

Slav (plural Slavs or (archaic) Slavi)

From the mid 1700s until the mid 1800s, the plural Slavi was more common; since then Slavs has predominated.

a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language

Latvian: slāvs m, slāviete f
Lithuanian: slavas m, slavė f
Macedonian: Словен m (Sloven), Словенка f (Slovenka)
Mongolian: слав (slav), славян (slavjan)
Norwegian: slav
Persian: اسلاو‎ (fa) (eslâv)
Polabian: slüövenskë
Polish: Słowianin (pl) m, Słowianka (pl) f
Portuguese: eslavo (pt) m
Romanian: slav (ro) m, slavă (ro) f
Russian: славяни́н (ru) m (slavjanín), славя́нка (ru) f (slavjánka)
Scottish Gaelic: Slàbhach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Словен m, Словенка f (Bosnian, Serbian), Славен m, Славенка f (Croatian)

Roman: Sloven m, Slovenka f (Bosnian, Serbian), Slaven m, Slavenka f (Croatian)
Slovak: Slovan m, Slovanka f
Slovene: Slován m, Slovánka f
Spanish: eslavo (es) m, eslava (es) f
Swedish: slav (sv)
Tagalog: Eslabo
Tajik: славян (slavyan)
Thai: ชาว สลาฟ (chaao sà-làaf)
Turkish: Slav (tr)
Turkmen: slawýan
Ukrainian: слов'яни́н m (slovʺjanýn), слов'я́нка f (slovʺjánka)
Urdu: سلاو‎ m (slāv)
Uzbek: slavyan (uz)
Venetian: slavo
Vietnamese: người Slav
Welsh: Slaf m
Yakut: ньөһа (ńöha)

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