slaf
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Old High German[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *slap-, related to *slēpaną (“to sleep”), whence also Old Norse slappi.
Adjective[edit]
slaf
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz, whence also Old Saxon slāp, Old English slǣp.
Noun[edit]
slāf m
Declension[edit]
Declension of slāf (masculine a-stem)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | slāf | slāfa |
accusative | slāf | slāfa |
genitive | slāfes | slāfo |
dative | slāfe | slāfum |
instrumental | slāfu | — |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Middle High German: slāf
References[edit]
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Further reading[edit]
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “slapp”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Schlaf, from schlafen (“to sleep”). First attested in 1913.
Noun[edit]
slaf c
- (colloquial) bunk (place to sleep)
Declension[edit]
Declension of slaf | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | slaf | slafen | slafar | slafarna |
Genitive | slafs | slafens | slafars | slafarnas |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Volapük[edit]
Noun[edit]
slaf (nominative plural slafs)
Declension[edit]
declension of slaf
Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slaf m (plural slafiaid, not mutable)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “slaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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