Sloven

See also: sloven

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian) Slòvjēn
(archaic, Ikavian) Slòvīn
(Bosnia, Croatia, dated Serbian) Slàvēn

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slověninъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /slǒʋeːn/
Hyphenation: Slo‧ven

Proper noun

Slòvēn m (Cyrillic spelling Сло̀ве̄н)

(now chiefly Serbia, Ekavian) Slav

Usage notes

Until the 18th century, the form of this word with -o- in the first syllable was almost universal throughout the Serbo-Croatian-speaking area (with varying reflexes of yat). The form with -a- seems to have originated in Slavonic-Serbian and spread under the influence of Pan-Slavism during the 19th century. By the 20th century, the form with -a- became the most common form in Croatia and all but disappeared from Serbia, effectively reversing the early 19th-century distribution of the two forms.

Declension

Declension of Sloven

	singular	plural
nominative	Slòvēn	Slovéni
genitive	Slovéna	Slovena
dative	Slovenu	Slovenima
accusative	Slovena	Slovene
vocative	Slovenu	Slveni
locative	Slovenu	Slovenima
instrumental	Slovenom	Slovenima

Turkish

Noun

Sloven (definite accusative Sloveni, plural Slovenler)

Slovene, Slovenian

Declension

declension of Sloven

	singular	plural
nominative	Sloven	Slovenler / Sloven'ler
accusative	Sloven'i	Slovenleri / Sloven'leri
dative	Sloven'e	Slovenlere / Sloven'lere
locative	Sloven'de	Slovenlerde / Sloven'lerde
ablative	Sloven'den	Slovenlerden / Sloven'lerden
genitive	Sloven'in	Slovenlerin / Sloven'lerin

possessive of Sloven

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Sloven'im	Slovenlerim / Sloven'lerim
senin (your)	Sloven'in	Slovenlerin / Sloven'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Sloven'i	Slovenleri / Sloven'leri
bizim (our)	Sloven'imiz	Slovenlerimiz / Sloven'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Sloven'iniz	Slovenleriniz / Sloven'leriniz
onların (their)	Sloven'i / Slovenleri / Sloven'leri	Slovenleri / Sloven'leri

Derived terms

Slovence

Related terms

Slovenya
Slovenyali