/slah"vik, slav"ik/ , n.
1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian), West Slavic (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene). Abbr.: Slav
adj.
2. of or pertaining to the Slavs or their languages.
Also, Slavonic .
[ 1805-15; SLAV + -IC ]