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Originally posted by Luiz Paracampo
Just about names
Slava is believed as a high level salutation!
This is not a way to say "hello".
The word "Slava..." ("Слава...") means to whom or what you are addressing a glory -- to the third person only (in the dative case -- indicating an indirect object or recipient). For example: "Слава КПСС!" -- Glory to the CPSU! ;)
But since you are turning to the second person (to the direct recipient), the phrase either does not make sense or the word "Slava" is perceived as a name, because Slava (Слава) is a diminutive name for Russian (Slavic) names like Vladislav (Владислав), Vyacheslav (Вячеслав), Svyatoslav (Святослав), Stanislav (Станислав), Yaroslav (Ярослав), Bronislav (Бронислав), Miroslav (Мирослав), Mstislav (Мстислав), Slavomir (Славомир), Radoslav (Радослав), Radislav (Радислав), Rostislav (Ростислав), Cheslav (Чеслав), Dobroslav (Доброслав), Ventseslav (Венцеслав), Velislav (Велислав). And for similar female names (Vladislava, etc.)...
P.S. I prefer to stay incognito. Incognito ergo sum ;) So: Zoom. (And if we completely switched to Latin, then: "Ave, Zoom!" In Russian: "Slav'sya, Zoom!" (Славься, ...!) ;)