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sliepe

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Dutch

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Verb

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sliepe

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of slapen

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian slēpa, from Proto-West Germanic *slāpan. Compare Saterland Frisian släipe, Dutch slapen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sliepe

  1. to sleep
    • 2008, Greet Andringa, Libben reach, Friese Pers Boekerij, page 70.
      Hy koe net sliepe, want de dreamen oer syn deade maten wiene noch slimmer as wat er mei de eagen iepen seach.
      He couldn't sleep, because the dreams about his dead companions were even worse than what he saw with his eyes open.

Conjugation

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Weak class 1
infinitive sliepe
3rd singular past sliepte
past participle sliept
infinitive sliepe
long infinitive sliepen
gerund sliepen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular sliep sliepte
2nd singular sliepst slieptest
clitic form sliepsto slieptesto
3rd singular sliept sliepte
plural sliepe sliepten
imperative sliep
participles sliepend sliept

Further reading

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  • sliepe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011