Sclave

See also: sclave

English

Noun

Sclave (plural Sclaves)

1. Archaic form of Slav.

Anagrams

• calves, claves

German

Noun

Sclave m (weak, genitive Sclaven, plural Sclaven, feminine Sclavin)

1. Obsolete spelling of Sklave which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

Declension

Declension of Sclave [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sclave	die	Sclaven
genitive	eines	des	Sclaven	der	Sclaven
dative	einem	dem	Sclaven	den	Sclaven
accusative	einen	den	Sclaven	die	Sclaven

Latin

Noun

Sclave

1. vocative singular of Sclavus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sclave

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus (“Slav”), from Medieval Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos). Doublet of sclave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs(k)laːv(ə)/

Noun

Sclave (plural Sclaves)

1. Slav (member of the Slavic peoples)

Descendants

• English: Slav

References

• “Sclā̆ve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.