Phrase guide

East Slavic

adj · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the East Slavs, their culture or language(s).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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name

Meaning 2

A subgrouping of the Slavic language family spoken mainly in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

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name

Meaning 3

The Old East Slavic language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, rare

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سلافي شرقي — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Belarusian: усходнеславя́нскі (usxodnjeslavjánski) — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Bulgarian: източнославя́нски (iztočnoslavjánski) — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Carpathian Rusyn: выходославя́ньскый (vŷxodoslavjánʹskŷj) — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Czech: východoslovanský — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Dutch: Oost-Slavisch — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Estonian: idaslaavlane — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Finnish: itäslaavilainen — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • French: slave oriental — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • German: ostslawisch — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Macedonian: источнословенски (istočnoslovenski) — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Persian: اسلاوی شرقی — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Polish: wschodniosłowiański — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Portuguese: eslavo oriental — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Russian: восточнославя́нский (vostočnoslavjánskij) — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Serbo-Croatian: источнославенски — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Serbo-Croatian: источнословенски — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Serbo-Croatian: istočnoslavenski — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Serbo-Croatian: istočnoslovenski — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Slovak: východoslovanský — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Slovene: vzhodnoslovanski — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Spanish: eslavo oriental — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Ukrainian: східнослов'я́нський (sxidnoslovʺjánsʹkyj) — of or relating to the East Slavs
  • Ukrainian: ру́ський (rúsʹkyj) — of or relating to the East Slavs