slota
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech slota, from Proto-Slavic *slota.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
slota f
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Latvian edit
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Etymology edit
From an earlier verb *slot (“to slide, to slip; to wipe, to sweep”) (cf. Lithuanian šlúoti “to wipe, to sweep”), made into a second declension feminine noun in -a; the verb, in turn, came from Proto-Baltic *šlōw-, from Proto-Indo-European *slow-, *slow- (“to slide”), perhaps a parellel form of *ḱlew- (“to rinse, to clean, to slide”). From the same stem came also Latvian slaucīt (“to wipe, to sweep”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian šlúota.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
slota f (4th declension)
- broom, besom (utensil for sweeping, traditionally made with a bundle of twigs or straws tied together onto a shaft, more recently with a brush at the end of a long shaft)
- slotaskāts, slotaskāts ― broomstick
- krāsns slota ― oven broom (to wipe a baking oven)
- slaucīt pagalmu ar slotu ― to sweep the yard with a broom
- es ar slotu slaucīšu grīdu ― I will sweep the floor with a broom
- pērties ar bērza slotu ― to hit oneself with a birch broom (in a steam bath)
Declension edit
Declension of slota (4th declension)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “slota”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Venetian edit
Noun edit
slot f (plural slote)