Technical grammatical term used in Semitic and classical linguistics.
Определения
In Semitic and classical grammar, a letter or element added to a root for inflection or derivation, typically without independent meaning. In Hebrew, the prefix "v-" meaning 'and' can function as a servile.
An enslaved or deeply subservient person; a slave or serf (obsolete). The chronicles speak of the king and his nobles ruling over countless serviles.
A slave or person held in servitude; one subjected to the will of another (rare, historical). The conquering soldiers reduced many of the villagers to serviles.