-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