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Slovak, n. and a.|ˈsləʊvæk, formerly ˈslɒvɑːk, sləˈvɑːk|
Also Slovac(k.
[a. Slovak and Czech Slovák (pl. Slováci), Pol. Slowak, Russ. Slovak, G. Slowake (pl. Slowaken), f. the stem Slov-: see Slovene.]
A. n.
1. A person belonging to a Slavonic race dwelling in Slovakia, formerly part of Hungary, now the Slovak Socialist Republic and part of Czechoslovakia.
1829Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 397/1 The Walachians..multiply in Eastern as the Slovacs do in Western Hungary. 1842Penny Cycl. XXII. 125/2 This literary movement was shared by the Slovaks of Hungary. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 153/2 For a long time the Slovaks employed Chekh in all their published writings.
2. The language or dialect spoken by this people.
1862Latham Elem. Comp. Philol. 628 The Slovak, with a minimum amount of literary culture. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 150/2 Slovenish exhibits an older form of Slavonic than Servian, just as Slovak is earlier than Bohemian.
B. adj. Of or belonging to the Slovaks, or their language; Slovakian.
1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 153/2 The first Slovak grammar was published..at Presburg in 1790. 1905Contemp. Rev. Apr. 584 The Slovak nation in Hungary numbers more than 2,000,000.
Hence Slovakian |sləʊˈvækɪən, formerly sləˈveɪkɪən|, a. and n.; Slovakish |sləˈveɪkɪʃ|, a. and n. (obs.).
1829Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XX. 397/1 The Russniacs..mix but little with their Slovachian neighbours. Ibid., The dialect spoken by the Slovachians. 1850‘Talvi’ Hist. View Lang. Lit. Slavic Nations iii. i. 217 A voluminous Slovakish dictionary. Ibid. 219 Books written in Slovakish. 1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 365 Hungarian was used in 7024 [schools],..Slovakian in 1901. 1883Nation (N.Y.) XXXVI. 546 The annexation of the Slovakish territory of Hungary. 1883Morfill Slavonic Lit. i. 9 The dialect, Ugro-Slovenish.., shows some connexion with Slovakish. |