slidens

Latvian

Alternative forms

(dialectal form) slids

Etymology

From the same stem as Latvian slīdēt (“to slide”) and slaids (“slender, slim”): Proto-Indo-European *sleidʰ- (“slippery, to slide”) +‎ -ens. A dialectal variant slids (“slippery”), without the suffix, also exists (cf. Lithuanian slidùs).^[1]

Adjective

slidens (def. slidenais, comp. slidenāks, sup. visslidenākais; adv. slideni)

slippery, slick (with a surface that has little attrition)
slidens ceļš — slippery path, road

slidena virsma — slippery surface

slidens parkets — slippery flooring

slidenas kurpju zoles — slippery shoe soles

slidenas kāpnes — slippery stairs
(figuratively) slippery, slick (associated with risk, with difficulty)
slidens pasākums — a slippery, difficult enterprise, project

diezgan slidena dzejas problēma — the rather slippery problem of poetry

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of slidens

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)		feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	slidens	slideni	slidena	slidenas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	slidenu	slidenus	slidenu	slidenas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	slidena	slidenu	slidenas	slidenu
dative (datīvs)	slidenam	slideniem	slidenai	slidenām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	slidenu	slideniem	slidenu	slidenām
locative (lokatīvs)	slidenā	slidenos	slidenā	slidenās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—	—	—