slafan

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• slaafan, slavan

Etymology

From Middle High German slāfen, from Old High German slāfan, from Proto-West Germanic *slāpan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (“to sleep”). Cognate with German schlafen, English sleep.

Verb

slafan

1. (Tredici Comuni) to sleep

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slab- (“be weak, limp, languid”). Compare Old Saxon slāpan, Old English slǣpan. More at sleep.

Verb

slāfan

1. to sleep

Conjugation

Conjugation of slāfan (strong class 7)

infinitive	slāfan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	slāfu, slāfo	sliaf
2nd person singular	slāfis, slāfist	sliafi
3rd person singular	slāfit	sliaf
1st person plural	slāfem, slāfemēs	sliafum, sliafumēs
2nd person plural	slāfet	sliafut
3rd person plural	slāfant	sliafun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	slāfe	sliafi
2nd person singular	slāfēs, slāfēst	sliafīs, sliafīst
3rd person singular	slāfe	sliafi
1st person plural	slāfēm, slāfemēs	sliafīm, sliafīmēs
2nd person plural	slāfēt	sliafīt
3rd person plural	slāfēn	sliafīn
imperative	present
singular	slāf
plural	slāfet
participle	present	past
	slāfanti	slāf

Descendants

• Middle High German: slāfen
  • Alemannic German: schlaaffe, schlooffe

    Badisch: schlofe

    Walser: schloafe, schloafen, schlofe, schlàfu, schlaafä

  • Bavarian:

    Central: schloffa

    Cimbrian: slaafan, slafan, slavan

    Mòcheno: schloven

    South Tyrolean: schlofn, sghlofn

  • Central Franconian: schlofe
  • German: schlafen
  • Luxembourgish: schlofen
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: schlofe

  • Yiddish: שלאָפֿן (shlofn)

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Volapük

Noun

slafan (nominative plural slafans)

1. A male or female slave.

Declension

declension of slafan

	singular	plural
nominative	slafan	slafans
genitive	slafana	slafanas
dative	slafane	slafanes
accusative	slafani	slafanis
vocative 1	o slafan!	o slafans!
predicative 2	slafanu	slafanus

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