slaf

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *slap-, whence also Old Norse slappi.

Adjective

slaf

1. slack

Descendants

• German: schlaff

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz, whence also Old Saxon slāp, Old English slǣp.

Noun

slāf f

1. sleep

Related terms

• slāfan

Descendants

• Middle High German: slāf
  • German: Schlaf
  • Hunsrik: Schlof
  • Luxembourgish: Schlof
  • Pennsylvania German: Schlof
  • Vilamovian: śłöf
  • Yiddish: שלאָף (shlof)

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Volapük

Noun

slaf (nominative plural slafs)

1. slavery

Declension

declension of slaf

	singular	plural
nominative	slaf	slafs
genitive	slafa	slafas
dative	slafe	slafes
accusative	slafi	slafis
vocative 1	o slaf!	o slafs!
predicative 2	slafu	slafus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only