slinka
Latvian edit
Adjective edit
slinka
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
slinka c
- a slut, a bitch, a prostitute
Declension edit
| Declension of slinka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | slinka | slinkan | slinkor | slinkorna |
| Genitive | slinkas | slinkans | slinkors | slinkornas |
Synonyms edit
Verb edit
slinka (present slinker, preterite slank, supine slunkit, imperative slink)
- to slip, to slink, to move without control, to move quickly and silently to somewhere
- 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.
- "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."
Conjugation edit
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 | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | slinkande | |||
| Past participle | slunken | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also edit
- slinta (“slip so as to (nearly) have an accident”)
Further reading edit
- slinka in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- slinka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)