Definitions | Slavonic |
| noun
- A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches:
- South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, etc.)
- East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc.), and
- West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc.)
- 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.
Etymology: From Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia.
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