slinks

English

Verb

slinks

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slink.

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Latvian

Etymology

From a (still dialectally attested) verb slinkt (“to creep, to crawl, to go slowly”) (cf. Lithuanian sliñkti (“to crawl slowly”)), from Proto-Baltic *slink-, from a reduced grade of Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (“to turn, to twist, to wind; to drag oneself, to creep, to crawl”) (perhaps in confluence with Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg-, *(s)leg- (“to be languid”)). The meaning went from “to crawl, to creep” to “to move slowly, lazily,” “to be lazy,” or, for the adjective slinks, from “slow-moving” to “lazy.” Cognates include Lithuanian sliñkas.

Pronunciation

Adjective

slinks (def. slinkais, comp. slinkāks, sup. visslinkākais; adv. slinki)

1. lazy (who is given to idleness, who typically does not like, is reluctant to work, to do something)

   slinks darbinieks, talcinieks — lazy employee, helper

   slinks strādnieks, skolnieks — lazy worker, schoolchild

   slinks zirgs — lazy horse

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of slinks

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	slinks	slinki		slinka	slinkas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	slinku	slinkus		slinku	slinkas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	slinka	slinku		slinkas	slinku
dative (datīvs)	slinkam	slinkiem		slinkai	slinkām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	slinku	slinkiem		slinku	slinkām
locative (lokatīvs)	slinkā	slinkos		slinkā	slinkās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Related terms

• slinkums
• sliņķis

References