I. ˈslavik, -läv-, -lȧv-, -vēk adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: slav + -ic
: of or relating to the Slavs or their languages
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
: a branch of the Indo-European language family containing Belorussian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Russian, and Ukrainian — see indo-european languages table