slinka

See also: sliņķa, slinkā, ślinka, and ślinką

Latvian

Adjective

slinka

1. inflection of slinks:
   1. genitive masculine singular
   2. nominative feminine singular

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish slinka, from Middle Low German slinken, from Old Saxon *slinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *slinkan, from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

Noun

slinka c

1. a slut, a floozy, a trollop (promiscuous woman)
2. a streetwalker, a prostitute

   Synonyms: fnask, gatflicka, glädjeflicka, hora, luder, nattfjäril, prostituerad, sexarbetare, sexsäljare, sköka

Declension

Declension of slinka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	slinka	slinkas
	definite	slinkan	slinkans
plural	indefinite	slinkor	slinkors
	definite	slinkorna	slinkornas

See also

• hynda
• slampa

Verb

slinka (present slinker, preterite slank, supine slunkit, imperative slink)

1. to slip, to slink (move swiftly and often more or less imperceptibly)

   Illern slank in under soffan

   The ferret slipped in under the couch

   Han slank in i köket och åt en kaka medan de var ute och hämtade posten

   He slipped into the kitchen and ate a cookie while they were out getting the mail

   Den ena supen efter den andra slank ner i deras halsar

   One drink after the other slipped down their throats

   • 1937, Larry Morey, “The Dwarf's Yodel Song (The Silly Song)”, in Snow White, Disney:

     Jag fångade en räv en dag, men räven slank ur näven. Fast lika glad för det är jag, men gladast är nog räven.

     "I caught a fox one day, but the fox slipped out of my fist. But I'm just as happy still, but happiest is probably the fox."
     I chased a polecat up a tree, Way out on upon a limb, And when he got the best of me, I got the worst of him.

2. (figuratively) to slip ((happen to) go somewhere)

   Det bara slank ur mig, och jag ångrade mig genast

   It just slipped out [of me], and I immediately regretted it

   En ekorre slank med på bilden

   A squirrel slipped into the picture

Conjugation

Conjugation of slinka (class 3 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	slinka		—
supine	slunkit		—
imperative	slink		—
imper. plural1	slinken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	slinker	slank	—	—
ind. plural1	slinka	slunko	—	—
subjunctive2	slinke	slunke	—	—
present participle		slinkande
past participle		slunken

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• halka
• slinta (“slip so as to (nearly) have an accident”)

Further reading

• “slinka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Fula Ordboken
• slinka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Niklas, ilskan, ilskna, kansli, liknas