Slavic words and phrases

thumb|250px|Traditional distilling process in Međimurje County|Međimurje (northern [[Croatia)]] thumb|Serbian Slivovitz from Valjevo region Slivovitz is a fruit spirit (or fruit brandy) made from damson plums, often referred to as plum spirit (or plum brandy). Slivovitz is produced in Central and Southeastern Europe, both commercially and privately. Primary producers include Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. In the Balkans, slivovitz is considered a kind of rakia. In Hungary

an official with special territorial powers in the Kingdom of Hungary

thumb|Livanjsko Polje in Bosnia is the largest polje in the world (Mount [[Dinara visible in the background).]] A polje, also called karst polje or karst field, is a large flat plain found in karstic geological regions of the world, with areas usually in the range of 5–400 km2 (2–154 sq mi). The name derives from the Slavic languages, where polje literally means 'field', whereas in English polje specifically refers to a karst plain or karst field.

Gospodar or hospodar, also gospodin as a diminutive, is a term of Slavic origin, meaning "lord" or "master". The compound (, , , , ) is a derivative of gospod / gospodin, , or when spelled with a capital G (Gospod / Gospodin) it translates as Lord for God.

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local toponym in some regions in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia for a closed karst depression

Medved (Russian: медведь) means bear in several Slavic languages, including Slovenian, Russian, Czech, Serbian and Slovak. It may refer to:

thumb|Side road effigy during Dożynki festival near Wrocław Dożynki (Dozhinki, , , ; , Prachystaya; ; ; Dormition) is a Slavic harvest festival. In pre-Christian times the feast usually fell on the autumn equinox, in modern times it is usually celebrated on one of the Sundays following the end of the harvest season, which fall on different days in different regions of Europe.

thumb|350px|The word "жид" (zhyd) in Max Vasmer's "Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch" The words zhyd (zhid) and zhydovka (zhidovka / zhydivka/zhidivka) are terms for Jewish man and Jewish woman, respectively, in several Slavic languages. In Russian and Ukrainian languages, they are now considered ethnic slurs.

Čelo means "forehead" in the Slavic languages. It may refer to:

thumb|A Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus giving 'siskin' calls thumb|A Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus The name siskin when referring to a bird is derived from an adaptation of the German dialect words sisschen, zeischen, which are diminutive forms of Middle High German (zîsec) and Middle Low German (ziseke, sisek) words, with cognates in Slavic languages, cf. Czech čížek; these names are of onomatopoeic origin. The name siskin was first recorded in written English in 1544 in William Turner's Avium praecipuarum, quarum apud Plinium et Aristotelem mentio est, brevis et succincta historia, referring