slet

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See also: sleť

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from sletět.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈslɛt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Hyphenation: slet

Noun[edit]

slet m inan

  1. flight downwards
  2. gathering

Declension[edit]

Declension of slet (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative slet slety
genitive sletu sletů
dative sletu sletům
accusative slet slety
vocative slete slety
locative sletu sletech
instrumental sletem slety

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Further reading[edit]

  • slet in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • slet in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • slet in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse sléttr, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz, cognate with English slight, German slecht, slicht, with meaning influenced by Middle Low German slicht, slecht.

Adjective[edit]

slet (plural and definite singular attributive slete)

  1. bad
  2. evil
  3. (archaic) plain

Adverb[edit]

slet

  1. at all (always before the negation: slet ikke, slet ingen)
  2. simply - in the phrase slet og ret (“simply”)
  3. quite - in the phrase ikke slet så (“not quite as”)

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

slet

  1. imperative of slette

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch slette. In the semantic ‘loose woman’ earliest attested in 1599.

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /slɛt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun[edit]

slet f (plural sletten, diminutive sletje n)

  1. slut
  2. (archaic, dialectal) rag, cloth
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    • 26. Myn' knijen wierden door / 't vaſten ſlap als een ſlet: / En maager wierd myn vlees, / het wellek eerſt was vet.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Adjective[edit]

slet

  1. Alternative form of sleighte

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

slet

  1. Alternative form of slete

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

slet

  1. simple past of slite

Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

slet

  1. past indicative of slita

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