slava

slava (a family patron saint’s day); glory, fame (less often)

слава (день семейного святого); известность (реже)

Examples from the lessons

In phrasebooks

Serbian traditions & slavaAllusions & cultural referencesReligion & Orthodoxy

Appears in lessons

Locative of topicFamily & peopleShades of feeling and judgementHumour, irony and body languageEveryday culture & realiaSerbia: geography & societyTraditions & holidays

Appears in immersion pieces

Why Brutus turned on Caesar · Making sarma with Milica · Košutnjak: a 1 km loop with workout stations · Kostović: Serbia’s forgotten inventor in Russia · The Slava: a day never forgotten · Random Meetup: A Friend with a Porsche

Next to it in the phrasebook

• kȑsnā slȁvaa family patron saint’s day
• kȗmgodfather; best man
• kúmagodmother
• slȁvskī kòlāčslava bread
• kȍljīvoslava wheat, boiled wheat (with nuts; for a slava or a memorial)
• domàćinhost
• gȏstguest
• ȍbičāja custom (of a community; a personal habit is navika)
• tràdīcijatradition
• svéćacandle

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