slog

See also: slóg, sløg, and слог

English

Etymology

Probably a variation of slug (“to hit very hard”) or slough.

Possibly related to slag, seen in the North Germanic languages, in association with the third verb and second noun definition.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /slɒɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /slɑɡ/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

slog (countable and uncountable, plural slogs)

1. (uncountable, chiefly Britain, Australia and Canada) A long, tedious walk, or session of work.
   • 2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0 – 0 Brazil”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     England's experimental line-up will have realised early on that this would be a long, hard slog against the multi-talented Brazilians with great strength in their starting line-up and on the bench.

2. (countable, cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.

Verb

slog (third-person singular simple present slogs, present participle slogging, simple past and past participle slogged)

1. To walk slowly, encountering resistance.
   • 1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419:

     The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, [...] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable.

   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[2]

     A miraculous desert rain. We slog, dripping, into As Safi, Jordan. We drive the sodden mules through wet streets. To the town’s only landmark. To the “Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth.”

2. (by extension) To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
3. To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:walk

Translations

to walk slowly, encountering resistance

• Bulgarian: влача се (vlača se)
• Danish: ase, okse (da), traske
• Finnish: raahustaa, löntystellä (fi)
• Italian: arrancare (it), camminare a fatica
• Polish: taszczyć się
• Russian: идти́ (ru) impf (idtí) с (s) трудом (trudom) (idtí s trudóm)

to work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task

• Bulgarian: бъхтя се (bǎhtja se)
• Russian: вка́лывать (ru) (vkályvatʹ)
• Spanish: pencar (Spain, colloquial)

to strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat

• Bulgarian: удрям силно (udrjam silno)
• Finnish: kumauttaa, iskeä (fi), huitaista
• German: verprügeln (de)

Anagrams

• -logs, Glos, Glos., logs

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sloːˀ/, [ˈsl̥oˀ]

Verb

slog

1. past tense of slå

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Irish

Alternative forms

• sloig

Etymology

From Old Irish sluicid, from Proto-Celtic *slunketi.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠɔɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠʌɡ/

Verb

slog (present analytic slogann, future analytic slogfaidh, verbal noun slogadh, past participle slogtha)

1. to swallow

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	slogaim	slogann tú; slogair†	slogann sé, sí	slogaimid	slogann sibh	slogann siad; slogaid†	a shlogann; a shlogas / a slogann*; a slogas*	slogtar
	past	shlog mé; shlogas	shlog tú; shlogais	shlog sé, sí	shlogamar; shlog muid	shlog sibh; shlogabhair	shlog siad; shlogadar	a shlog / ar shlog*	slogadh
	past habitual	shlogainn / slogainn‡‡	shlogtá / slogtᇇ	shlogadh sé, sí / slogadh sé, s퇇	shlogaimis; shlogadh muid / slogaimis‡‡; slogadh muid‡‡	shlogadh sibh / slogadh sibh‡‡	shlogaidís; shlogadh siad / slogaidís‡‡; slogadh siad‡‡	a shlogadh / a slogadh*	shlogtaí / slogta퇇
	future	slogfaidh mé; slogfad	slogfaidh tú; slogfair†	slogfaidh sé, sí	slogfaimid; slogfaidh muid	slogfaidh sibh	slogfaidh siad; slogfaid†	a shlogfaidh; a shlogfas / a slogfaidh*; a slogfas*	slogfar
conditional		shlogfainn / slogfainn‡‡	shlogfá / slogfᇇ	shlogfadh sé, sí / slogfadh sé, s퇇	shlogfaimis; shlogfadh muid / slogfaimis‡‡; slogfadh muid‡‡	shlogfadh sibh / slogfadh sibh‡‡	shlogfaidís; shlogfadh siad / slogfaidís‡‡; slogfadh siad‡‡	a shlogfadh / a slogfadh*	shlogfaí / slogfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go sloga mé; go slogad†	go sloga tú; go slogair†	go sloga sé, sí	go slogaimid; go sloga muid	go sloga sibh	go sloga siad; go slogaid†	—	go slogtar
	past	dá slogainn	dá slogtá	dá slogadh sé, sí	dá slogaimis; dá slogadh muid	dá slogadh sibh	dá slogaidís; dá slogadh siad	—	dá slogtaí
imperative		slogaim	slog	slogadh sé, sí	slogaimis	slogaigí; slogaidh†	slogaidís	—	slogtar
verbal noun		slogadh
past participle		slogtha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Descendants

• → Yola: slug

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
slog	shlog after an, tslog	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “slog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sluicid, slocaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “slogaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 657
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “sloigim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 657
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “slog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 42

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ložiti.

Noun

slȍg m (Cyrillic spelling сло̏г)

1. syllable
2. stack, pile

Declension

Declension of slog

	singular	plural
nominative	slog	slogovi
genitive	sloga	slogova
dative	slogu	slogovima
accusative	slog	slogove
vocative	slogu / slože	slogovi
locative	slogu	slogovima
instrumental	slogom	slogovima

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sluːɡ/

Verb

slog

1. past tense of slå.