slavonic
IPA: sɫʌvˈoʊnɪk
Root Word: Slavonic
noun
- (dated) A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches:
- (dated) The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.
adjective
- Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages.
- Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.
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Examples of "slavonic" in Sentences
- Both names non of Slavonic origin.
- And the names are of Slavonic origin.
- I am an American of no Slavonic heritage.
- It is just a small Slavonic ethnic group.
- The slavonic etymology is not clear to me.
- There are a bunch of Slavonic first names.
- The Bohemian language is a western slavonic language.
- Thus, it was not originally the Slavonic settlement at all.
- Naturally the Thessalonians should be the most fluent in Slavonic.
- Much of the glory of the evening lay in the expostulation of the Slavonic language.