单词 | slovenian |
释义 | Sloveniann.adj. A. n. 1. A member of an early East Slavic people living near Lake Ilmen, now part of north-western Russia. historical. ΚΠ 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 313 The proper Slavi or Slovænians, who dwelt on the lake Ilmen, in the present government of Novgorod. 1878 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 7 327 In describing the campaign of Oleg against the Greeks, in 906, he [sc. Nestor] mentions how he was assisted by contingents of men from the Varagians, the Slovenians, the people of Novgorod, the Chudes, [etc.]. 1990 B. Nahaylo & V. Swoboda Soviet Disunion 4 The Varangian Prince Riurik settled in Novgorod, or Novgorod the Great, south of the Gulf of Finland, which became the first Varangian-Russian centre in 862. Its area included both Slavonic tribes, the Russian Slovenians, the Byelorussian Krivichians, [etc.]. 2. a. In early use: a member of a Slavic people living in central Europe; a speaker of Slovenian (sense A. 2b). Now usually: a native or inhabitant of Slovenia; a person of Slovenian descent.See also the note at Slovene n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Slav people > [noun] > Slovene Slovene1827 Slovenian1830 1830 Westm. Rev. Apr. 305 That part of Austrian Slavonia known as the land of the Wends, or of the Slovenians. 1871 Standard (London) 10 Jan. 6/5 The organs of the Czechs and the Slovenians are strongly opposed to such intimate relations (Anschluss). 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 16 Of late years attempts have been made to turn the Slovenian national movement into this direction, and to attract the Slovenians also towards the Orthodox non-Austrian Slavs. 1990 Times 4 July 15/1 His ambitions have united Croatians, Slovenians, Kosovans and now Macedonians against the ‘centre’ in Belgrade. 2006 Vertical Dec. 23/1 In 1997 he became the first Slovenian to summit Everest without oxygen. b. The South Slavonic language spoken in Slovenia and by Slovenes. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavonic > Slovenian Slovenian1852 Slovene1861 Slovenish1879 1852 W. H. Stiles Austria in 1848–9 I. ii. iv. 347 Among the Slavi of Austria there are eight distinct languages of the Graeco-Slavic tongue, viz.: Bohemian, Slovackian, Polish, Ruthenian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Illyrian. 1854 F. M. Müller Suggestions in Learning Lang. Seat of War in East 40 In the village of Old Moldova, two-thirds of the inhabitants are Wallachian,..yet service is performed in Slovenian. 1906 Charities & Commons 25 Aug. 548/1 97 per cent. of the population [of Carniola] speak Slovenian. 1955 R. Jakobson Slavic Lang. (ed. 2) 15 Still preserved is the nasal component in..some border dialects of Slovenian and Macedonian. 2008 D. F. Reindl Lang. Contact iv. 36 Two accentual features of Slovenian are investigated below as developments possibly due to German influence. B. adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavic > Lechitic > Slovak Slovakian1826 Slovenian1832 Slovakish1834 Slovak1887 1832 J. B. Kopitar Let. 3 Sept. in Biblical Repos. (1833) Jan. 186 The Slowaki, [or Slovenes, the Slavonic portion of the Hungarian people,]..have now been induced to undertake the printing of a pure Slovenian version [of the Bible] of their own. 2. Of or relating to Slovenia, or to Slovenes (Slovene n. 2a) or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Slav people > [adjective] > Slovene Slovenian1844 Slovenish1860 Slovene1861 1844 Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 273 The corresponding tense of the Slovenian dialect. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 16 Of late years attempts have been made to turn the Slovenian national movement into this direction, and to attract the Slovenians also towards the Orthodox non-Austrian Slavs. 1960 O. Manning Great Fortune i. 5 When they woke the next morning they were on the Slovenian plain. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 9 June 22/1 Slavoj Zizek, a Slovenian philosophy professor and worldwide academic cult figure who has promoted the concept of ‘interpassivity’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1799 |
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