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слово

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic слово (slovo), from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɫɔvo]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

сло́во • (slóvo) n

  1. word
    Synonym: ду́ма (dúma)
  2. speech, oration
    Synonym: реч (reč)
  3. address (formal act of addressing one's self to a person, formal verbal application to any one, formal statement on some subject or special occasion)
    Synonym: обръще́ние (obrǎšténie)
  4. sermon
    Synonym: про́повед (própoved)

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1Archaic.

Anagrams

  • солов (solov)
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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

Pronunciation

Noun

сло́во • (slóvo) n

  1. (archaic) word
    Synonym: збор (zbor)
  2. (rare) a speech, especially for a ceremonial occasion
    Synonyms: говор (govor), беседа (beseda)
  3. (dialectal) letter (of the alphabet)
    Synonym: буква (bukva)
  4. (religion) homily, sermon
    Synonym: проповед (propoved)

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Further reading

  • “слово” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • “слово” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
  • слово in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)
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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

Noun

слово • (slovo) n

  1. word, speech, utterance
    1. word
      • “ⱄⰾⱁⰲⰵⱄⰰ (leaf 118, line -2)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mk:13:31:
        небо ꙇ҅ земл҄ѣ прѣꙇ҅детъ · а꙼ моѣ словеса не прѣꙇ҅дѫтъ ·
        Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
      • Luke 24:19-20, from Codex Assemanius, 3241900-3241920:
        ꙇ́же бъис꙯ мѫжь пррок꙯ · силенъ дѣломъ и́ словомъ ·
        íže bŷis: mǫžĭ prrok: · silenŭ dělomŭ í slovomŭ ·
        A man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word.
    2. the faculty of speech
    3. teaching (something taught)
      • Matthew 7:26, from Codex Marianus:
        и вьсѣкъ слꙑшѧи словеса моѣ си и не творѧи ихъ · оуподобитъ сѧ мѫжѫ боуѭ̑ · ꙇже созъда своѭ храминѫ на пѣсъцѣ ·
        i vĭsěkŭ slyšęi slovesa mojě si i ne tvoręi ixŭ · upodobitŭ sę mǫžǫ bujǫ̑ · iže sozŭda svojǫ xraminǫ na pěsŭcě ·
        And everyone hearing these sayings of mine and not doing them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
      • John 6:60, from Codex Marianus, 4066010:
        жестоко естъ слово се кто можетъ его слꙋшати ·
        žestoko estŭ slovo se kto možetŭ ego slušati ·
        This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?
    4. news, rumor, tidings
      • “ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ (leaf 80, line 15)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mk:1:45:
        Ѡнъ же шьдъ начѧтъ проповѣдати много · ꙇ҅ проносити слово ·
        Onŭ že šĭdŭ načętŭ propovědati mnogho · i pronositi slovo ·
        Instead, having gone, he began to proclaim it freely and spread the news.
      • “ⱄⰾⱁⰲⱁ (leaf 154.5, line -2)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Lk:7:17:
        ꙇ҅ изиде слово се по всеі ꙇ҅юдеі о н҄емь ·
        hi izide slovo se po vshei ijudei o nʹjemĭ ·
        And this news of him went out over all Judea.
    5. (Christianity) the Logos
      • early 11th century, Codex Assemanius, John 1:1:
        Исконі бѣ слово [и] слово бѣ ꙋ́ б꙯а · и б꙯ъ бѣ слово ·
        Iskoni bě slovo [i] slovo bě ú b:a · i b:ŭ bě slovo ·
        In the beginning was the Word [and] the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
    6. order, commandment
    7. promise, vow
    8. name, appellation
    9. (Old East Church Slavonic, semantic loan from Greek) oracle, item for determining prophetic judgements
      • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Exodus 28.15:
        И҆ да сътвори́ши сло́во сꙋ́дное, дѣ́ло пестрѧ́щаго […]
        I da sŭtvoríši slóvo súdnoje, dě́lo pestrę́štago […]
        And thou shalt make an oracle of judgment, a variegated work […]
    10. (later Church Slavonic) speech, address, oration
  2. written text
    1. homily, sermon
    2. the scriptures or a citation therefrom
  3. mind, reason
    1. reason, cause
      • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “слово”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 230, line 20:
        чꙿто ѥ слово · что꙯ коварь҆ство · чꙿто ѥ҆ мꙑсль сьнитию̑ ѥ҅го · ѥ҅же въ а҅дъ ·
        What is the reason, what the craft, what is the thought behind his descent into Hell?
    2. (semantic loan from Greek) reason (cognitive faculty)
    3. (semantic loan from Greek) account, reckoning, calculation
    4. (semantic loan from Greek) meaning, signification
    5. (semantic loan from Greek) manner, type, essence
    6. (semantic loan from Hebrew) thing, matter

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Derived terms

  • баснословити (basnosloviti)
  • баснословиѥ (basnoslovije)
  • бесловесьнъ (beslovesĭnŭ)
  • бесловиѥ (beslovije)
  • бесловьнъ (beslovĭnŭ)
  • благословити (blagosloviti)
  • благословьнъ (blagoslovĭnŭ)
  • блѧдословити (blędosloviti)
  • богословиѥ (bogoslovije)
  • богословьць (bogoslovĭcĭ)
  • боуѥсловити (bujesloviti)
  • боуѥсловиѥ (bujeslovije)
  • двословивъ (dvoslovivŭ)
  • двословиѥ (dvoslovije)
  • дръзословити (drŭzosloviti)
  • дръзословиѥ (drŭzoslovije)
  • звѣздословити (zvězdosloviti)
  • звѣздословиѥ (zvězdoslovije)
  • звѣздословьць (zvězdoslovĭcĭ)
  • злословити (zlosloviti)
  • злословиѥ (zloslovije)
  • инословиѥ (inoslovije)
  • лъжесловити (lŭžesloviti)
  • лъжесловиѥ (lŭžeslovije)
  • лъжесловьць (lŭžeslovĭcĭ)
  • многословити (mnogosloviti)
  • многословиѥ (mnogoslovije)
  • многословьнъ (mnogoslovĭnŭ)
  • несловесьнъ (neslovesĭnŭ)
  • пословица (poslovica)
  • праздьнословити (prazdĭnosloviti)
  • праздьнословиѥ (prazdĭnoslovije)
  • прьвословесьнъ (prĭvoslovesĭnŭ)
  • сладъкословьць (sladŭkoslovĭcĭ)
  • словесьнъ (slovesĭnŭ)
  • словьнъ (slovĭnŭ)
  • словѣнинъ (slověninŭ)
  • смѣхословити (směxosloviti)
  • смѣхословиѥ (směxoslovije)
  • смѣхословьць (směxoslovĭcĭ)
  • соуѥсловиѥ (sujeslovije)
  • соуѥсловьць (sujeslovĭcĭ)

References

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic слово (slovo) and Old Polish słowo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈslɔʋɔ/→/ˈslɔʋɔ/→/ˈslɔʋɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈslɔʋɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈslɔʋɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈslɔʋɔ/

  • Hyphenation: сло‧во

Noun

слово (slovo) n (diminutive словесьце, related adjective словесьнꙑи)

  1. word
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 2:
      нъ пораꙁоумѣи чьто гл҃ють книгꙑ и словеса та·
      nŭ porazuměi čĭto gl:jutĭ knigy i slovesa ta·
      but understand what the books say and the words, too

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Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: слово (slovo)
  • Russian: сло́во (slóvo)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “слово”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 417

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak slovo, from Proto-Slavic *slovo. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn сло́во (slóvo) and Slovak slovo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈslɔvɔ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔvɔ
  • Hyphenation: сло‧во

Noun

слово (slovo) n (diminutive словко)

  1. word
    анї слово вецей! ― anji slovo vecej! ― not another word!
  2. utterance, speech
    Near-synonyms: бешеда (bešeda), вираз (viraz), вислов (vislov)
  3. promise
    Near-synonym: обецанє (obecanje)

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adjectives
  • безсловни (bezslovni)
  • дословни (doslovni)
  • краснословни (krasnoslovni)
  • процивсловни (procivslovni)
  • сладкословни (sladkoslovni)
nouns

References

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic слово (slovo), from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

Pronunciation

Noun

сло́во • (slóvo) n inan (genitive сло́ва, nominative plural слова́, genitive plural слов, relational adjective слове́сный, diminutive слове́чко or словцо́)

  1. word, term
    гру́бое сло́во ― grúboje slóvo ― harsh word
    устаре́вшее сло́во ― ustarévšeje slóvo ― obsolete word
  2. speech, address
  3. promise
    наруша́ть сло́во ― narušátʹ slóvo ― to break one's word, to go back upon / on one's word (breaking promise or contract)

Declension

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Compounds:

Phrases
  • за сло́вом в карма́н (za slóvom v karmán)
  • за сло́вом в карма́н не поле́зет (za slóvom v karmán ne polézet)
  • лезть за сло́вом в карма́н impf (leztʹ za slóvom v karmán)
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo (“word”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slôʋo/
  • Hyphenation: сло‧во

Noun

сло̏во n (Latin spelling slȍvo)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)
  2. (figuratively) speech, sermon
  3. (obsolete) word
    Synonym: ре̑ч

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References

  • “слово”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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Ukrainian

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle Ukrainian сло́во n sg (slóvo), from Old East Slavic слово n sg (slovo), from Proto-Slavic *slȍvo n sg (“word”).

Pronunciation

Noun

сло́во • (slóvo) n inan (genitive сло́ва, nominative plural слова́, genitive plural слів, relational adjective слове́сний, diminutive слове́чко or слівце́)

  1. a word
  2. a verbal expression, utterance, or phrase
  3. a speech, presentation, oration
  4. the facility of speech, language, verbal articulation
  5. a literary genre
  6. a promise

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Synonyms

Derived terms

verbs
  • ословити (oslovyty)
  • условити (uslovyty)
nouns
  • вислів (vysliv)
  • висловлення (vyslovlennja)
  • висловлювання (vyslovljuvannja)
  • дослівник (doslivnyk)
  • засловина (zaslovyna)
  • засловок (zaslovok)
  • ословлення (oslovlennja)
  • передслово (peredslovo)
  • послів'є (poslivʺje)
  • пословиця (poslovycja)
  • пословник (poslovnyk)
  • прислів'я (pryslivʺja)
  • прислівка (pryslivka)
  • прислі́вник (pryslívnyk)
  • слівце (slivce)
  • словар (slovar)
  • словенько (slovenʹko)
  • словеса (slovesa)
  • словесник (slovesnyk)
  • словесність (slovesnistʹ)
  • словечко (slovečko)
  • словини (slovyny)
  • словинка (slovynka)
  • словни́к (slovnýk)
  • словникар (slovnykar)
  • словникарство (slovnykarstvo)
  • словниця (slovnycja)
  • словонько (slovonʹko)
  • словце (slovce)
  • услів'є (uslivʺje)
  • услова (uslova)
  • условина (uslovyna)
  • услово (uslovo)
adjectives
adverbs

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