English

Noun

Sclav ‎(plural Sclavs)

1. Archaic form of Slav.
   • 1886, The East, page 751:

     If Russia succeeds in gaining the leadership of the Sclav races [...]

   • 1905, The International Quarterly, volume 10, page 36:

     The fall of Poland left Russia the sole representative of the Sclav among the kingdoms of the earth.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• sclavu

Noun

sclav m ‎(plural sclayi, feminine equivalent sclavã)

1. slave

Synonyms

• rob

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Medieval Latin sclavus ‎(“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus ‎(“Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος ‎(Sklábos), from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ. Compare the doublet slav and the archaic/obsolete șcheau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sklav]

Noun

sclav m ‎(plural sclavi, feminine equivalent sclavă)

1. slave

Declension

Synonyms

• rob
• șerb

Antonyms

• stăpân

Related terms

• sclavagísm
• sclaváj
• sclavíe

See also

• slav
• șcheau