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# slavic

«slavic» in Mova's school dictionary: **about the Slavs, a large group of peoples in eastern and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Slavic, usually written with a capital S); noun (Slavic — the group of languages)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Slavic means about the Slavs, a large group of peoples in eastern and central Europe, or about their languages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#m1)

2) Slavic languages are a family of related languages, such as Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in geography, history and language lessons: Slavic countries, Slavic languages, Slavic names and food. Many Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet, and some use the Latin alphabet (Polish, Czech).

### examples

- Ukrainian and Polish are Slavic languages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x1)
- Slavic languages share many similar words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x2)
- Some Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x3)
- She is learning about Slavic folk tales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x4)
- The Slavic peoples live mostly in eastern and central Europe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x5)
- "Babushka" is a Slavic word for grandmother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/#x6)

### note

Write with a capital letter: Slavic. Also "Slavonic" in British English. A Slav is a Slavic person.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «slavic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slavic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.