slee
See also: Slee
English edit
Adjective edit
slee (comparative sleer, superlative sleest)
- (dialectal, chiefly Northern England and Scotland) Alternative form of sly
- 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter VIII, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):
- The beast of foot sings Holdfast only,
For flesh is bruckle and foot is slee.
Strength to the strong and the lordly and lonely,
Timor Mortis Exultat Me.
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
slee (plural sleë)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From older slede, from Middle Dutch slēde, from Old Dutch *slido, from Proto-Germanic *slidô.
Noun edit
slee f (plural sleeën, diminutive sleetje n)
- sled, sleigh, wheelless vehicle which glides on land or ice
- (colloquial) A large/prestigious car
- Synonym: bolide
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”); cognate to English sloe, and perhaps with Russian сли́ва (slíva, “plum”).
Noun edit
slee m (plural sleeën, diminutive sleetje n)
- blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
- Synonym: sleedoorn
- sloe (fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa)
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Dutch slêeu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz. Cognate with obsolete German schleh, English slow, Swedish slö.
Adjective edit
slee (comparative sleeër, superlative sleest)
Inflection edit
Inflection of slee | ||||
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uninflected | slee | |||
inflected | sleeë | |||
comparative | sleeër | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | slee | sleeër | het sleest het sleeste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | sleeë | sleeëre | sleeste |
n. sing. | slee | sleeër | sleeste | |
plural | sleeë | sleeëre | sleeste | |
definite | sleeë | sleeëre | sleeste | |
partitive | slees | sleeërs | — |
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Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
slee
- inflection of sleeën: