slak

See also: şlak

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch slak, from Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *slikkō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slak/

Noun

slak (plural slakke)

1. snail

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• slak:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /slɑk/
• Hyphenation: slak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *slikkō. Cognate with Luxembourgish Schleek.

Noun

slak f or m (plural slakken, diminutive slakje n)

1. snail, slug (any gastropod)

Derived terms

• akkerslak
• huisjesslak
• keverslak
• kieuwslak
• korfslak
• longslak
• naaktslak
• segrijnslak
• slakkengang
• slakkengif
• slakkenhuis
• slakkenkorrel
• tuinslak
• waterslak
• wegslak
• wijngaardslak
• zeenaaktslak
• zeeslak

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: slak

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German slagge, whence also German Schlacke, English slag. See the latter.

Noun

slak f (plural slakken)

1. slag (the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore)
2. hard, molten leftovers of burnt coal and other solid fuels

Anagrams

• klas

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse slakr

Adjective

slak (masculine and feminine slak, neuter slakt, definite singular and plural slake, comparative slakere, indefinite superlative slakest, definite superlative slakeste)

1. slack (rope, sails)
2. gentle (curve, slope)
3. loose (ice)
4. weak, feeble

References

• “slak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “slak_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse slakr

Adjective

slak (neuter slakt, definite singular and plural slake, comparative slakare, indefinite superlative slakast, definite superlative slakaste)

1. slack (rope, sails)
2. gentle (curve, slope)
3. loose (ice)
4. weak, feeble

Alternative forms

• slakk

References

• “slak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slâːk/

Noun

slȃk m (Cyrillic spelling сла̑к)

1. bindweed

Declension

Declension of slak

	singular	plural
nominative	slȃk	slȁkovi
genitive	slaka	slakova
dative	slaku	slakovima
accusative	slak	slakove
vocative	slače	slakovi
locative	slaku	slakovima
instrumental	slakom	slakovima

References

• “slak” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

slak c (plural slakken, diminutive slakje)

1. snail

Further reading

• “slak (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011