-slav

See also: Slav, slav, slav., and sláv

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech -slav, from Proto-Slavic *-slavъ. By surface analysis, from sláva (“fame, glory”). Compare Ancient Greek -κλῆς (-klês).

Noun

-slav m anim (noun-forming suffix, female equivalent -slava)

  1. (archaic) a suffix which indicates that someone is celebrating something, now predominantly in names

Declension

Declension of -slav (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative -slav -slavové
genitive -slava -slavů
dative -slavovi, -slavu -slavům
accusative -slava -slavy
vocative -slave -slavové
locative -slavovi, -slavu -slavech
instrumental -slavem -slavy

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -slav
brkoslav
Břetislav
Rostislav
Václav
Vítězslav
Vladislav
Vratislav
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