Latvian

Slāvu valstis

Noun

slāvs m (1st declension, feminine form: slāviete)

1. (male) Slav, a man belonging to one of the Slavic peoples

   Jans Huss, citētās frāzes autors, bija slāvs‎ ― Jan Hus, the author of the quoted sentences, was a Slav

   slāvi ir etnolingvistika, indoeiropiešiem piederoša tautu grupa‎ ― the Slavs are an ethnologuistic group of people belonging to the Indo-Europeans

2. (genitive plural) Slavic, pertaining to Slavic languages, Slavic peoples or their lands

   slāvu valstis‎ ― Slavic countries

   slāvu valodas‎ ― Slavic languages

   slāvu burti‎ ― Slavic letters, alphabet

   slāvu tautas‎ ― Slavic peoples, nations

   slāvu mitoloģija‎ ― Slavic mythology

Declension

Derived terms

• dienvidslāvs

Related terms

• slāvisks

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “slāvi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7