sloth

See also: slóð

English edit

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Wikipedia

A sloth (2)

Alternative forms edit

sleuth (obsolete except for a group of bears)
sloath, slowth (obsolete)

Etymology edit

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow +‎ -th. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sləʊθ/, /slɒθ/
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(General American) IPA^(key): /slɔθ/
(cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /slɑθ/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /slɒθ/
Rhymes: -əʊθ, -ɒθ

Noun edit

sloth (countable and uncountable, plural sloths)

(uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 787–792:
  Who having ſpilt much blood, and don much waſte / Subduing Nations, and achievd thereby / Fame in the World, high titles, and rich prey, / Shall change thir courſe to pleaſure, eaſe, and ſloth, / Surfet, and luſt, till wantonneſs and pride / Raiſe out of friendſhip hoſtil deeds in Peace.
- 1758, Benjamin Franklin, Preliminary Address to the Pennsylvania Almanac:
  Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.
(countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
(rare) A collective term for a group of bears.

Usage notes edit

Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

slowth

Translations edit

laziness

Afrikaans: luiheid
Albanian: përtesë (sq) f
Arabic: كَسَل m (kasal)
Armenian: ծուլություն (hy) (culutʻyun)
Assamese: এলাহ (elah)
Azerbaijani: tənbəllik (az)
Basque: nagitasun
Belarusian: ляно́та f (ljanóta)
Bengali: আলস্য (bn) (alosśo)
Bulgarian: мъ́рзел (bg) m (mǎ́rzel)
Burmese: ပျင်းရိခြင်း (pyang:ri.hkrang:)
Catalan: accídia (ca) f, peresa (ca) f, mandra (ca) f
Cebuano: katapol
Chichewa: ulesi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 懶惰／懒惰 (zh) (lǎnduò)
Czech: lenost (cs) f
Danish: dovenskab (da) c
Dutch: luiheid (nl) f, traagheid (nl) f
Esperanto: pigreco
Estonian: laiskus
Farefare: akedia (sin of acedia)
Faroese: dølskni n, leti f
Finnish: laiskuus (fi)
French: paresse (fr) f
Galician: nugalla (gl) f, preguiza (gl) f, lacazanería f, doca (gl) f, galbana (gl) f
Georgian: უქნარობა (uknaroba), სიზარმაცე (sizarmace)
German: Trägheit (de) f, Faulheit (de) f, Müßiggang (de) m
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 f (latei)
Greek: νωθρότητα (el) f (nothrótita), τεμπελιά (el) f (tempeliá)
Gujarati: આળસ m (āḷsa)
Haitian Creole: parès
Hausa: lalaci, ragwanci
Hebrew: עצלות f (‘atzlút), עצלנות f (‘atzlanút)
Hindi: आलस्य (hi) m (ālasya)
Hmong Dô: kev ua tub nkeeg
Hungarian: lustaság (hu), tunyaság (hu), restség (hu), henyeség (hu)
Icelandic: leti f, ómennska f, dugleysi n, dáðleysi n
Ido: ociereso (io)
Igbo: arafo, agara
Indonesian: kemalasan (id)
Irish: leisce m, aimhleisce f, búistíocht f
Italian: pigrizia (it) f, (deadly sin) accidia (it) f
Japanese: 怠惰 (ja) (たいだ, taida)
Javanese: kesed (jv)
Kalmyk: удан (udan)
Kannada: ಸೋಮಾರಿತನ (kn) (sōmāritana)
Kazakh: жалқаулық (jalqaulyq)
Korean: 게으름 (ko) (geeureum)
Lao: ຄວາມຂີ້ຄ້ານ (khuām khī khān)
Latin: pigritia f
Latvian: slinkums m
Lithuanian: tinginystė m
Macedonian: мрзеливост f (mrzelivost)
Malagasy: hakamoana
Malay: kemalasan, sifat malas
Malayalam: മടി (ml) (maṭi)
Maltese: għażż m
Maori: māngeretanga
Marathi: आळस m (āḷas)
Mongolian: залхуурал (mn) (zalxuural)
Nepali: आलस्य (ne) (ālasya)
Norwegian: latskap m, lediggang m
Occitan: pigresa (oc) f, peresa f
Persian: تنبلی (fa) (tanbali)
Polish: lenistwo (pl) n
Portuguese: preguiça (pt) f
Punjabi: ਆਲਸ (pa) (ālas)
Romanian: lene (ro) f
Russian: лень (ru) f (lenʹ), (deadly sin) ле́ность (ru) f (lénostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: a' corra-leisg f, seothaiche m, leisge f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лењост f, лијеност f

Roman: lenjost (sh) m, lijenost (sh) m
Sinhalese: කම්මැලිකම නිසා (kammælikama nisā)
Slovak: lenivosť f
Slovene: lenoba (sl) f
Somali: caajisnimo
Sotho: botsoa
Spanish: pereza (es) f
Sundanese: hoream
Swahili: uvivu (sw) class u/zi
Swedish: lättja (sv) c, lathet (sv) c
Tagalog: katamaran
Tajik: танбалӣ (tanbalī)
Tamil: சோம்பல் (ta) (cōmpal)
Telugu: సోమరితనం (sōmaritanaṁ)
Thai: ความเกียจคร้าน (kwaam-gìiat-kráan)
Tocharian B: ālasäññe
Turkish: tembellik (tr), miskinlik (tr), uyuşukluk (tr), meskenet (tr)
Ukrainian: лінь f (linʹ), ле́дарство n (lédarstvo), лі́нощі f pl (línošči)
Urdu: آلسی (ur) m (ālasya)
Uzbek: dangasalik (uz), ishyoqmaslik (uz)
Vietnamese: lười (vi)
Volapük: trög (vo)
Welsh: diogi m
Yiddish: פֿוילקײַט f (foylkayt)
Yoruba: imẹlẹ
Zulu: ubuvila

mammal

Arabic: كَسْلَان m (kaslān)
Armenian: համրուկ (hy) (hamruk), համրագնաց (hy) (hamragnacʻ)
Assamese: শ্লথ (sloth)
Azerbaijani: ərincək
Basque: nagi
Belarusian: ляні́вец m (ljanívjec)
Bengali: স্লথ (sloth)
Bulgarian: лени́вец (bg) m (lenívec)
Burmese: ဆလောက်ကောင် (hca.laukkaung)
Catalan: peresós (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎤᏍᎦᏃᎵ ᏲᎾᎢᏳᏍᏗ (usganoli yonaiyusdi), ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏃᎵ ᏲᎾᎢᏳᏍᏗ (unisganoli yonaiyusdi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 樹懶／树懒 (syu⁶ laan⁵)

Mandarin: 樹懶／树懒 (zh) (shùlǎn)
Czech: lenochod (cs) m
Danish: dovendyr n
Dutch: luiaard (nl) m
Esperanto: bradipo
Estonian: laiskloom
Farefare: folivora
Faroese: letidýr n
Finnish: laiskiainen (fi)
French: paresseux (fr) m, aï (fr) m
Georgian: ზარმაცა (zarmaca)
German: Faultier (de) n
Greek: βραδύπους (el) m (vradýpous)
Guaraní: a'i
Hebrew: עַצְלָן (he) m (atslán)
Hindi: स्‍लॉथ (s‍lŏth)
Hungarian: lajhár (hu)
Icelandic: letidýr n
Ido: bradipo (io)
Indonesian: kukang (id), kungkang (id)
Irish: spadán m
Italian: bradipo (it) m
Japanese: ナマケモノ (ja) (namakemono), 樹懶 (ja) (なまけもの, namakemono)
Kashubian: zgniłozwiérz m
Kazakh: жалқауаң (jalqauañ)
Khmer: កម្ជិល (km) (kɑmcɨl)
Korean: 나무늘보 (ko) (namuneulbo)
Kyrgyz: ленивец (lenivets)
Latvian: sliņķis m
Lithuanian: tinginys (lt) m
Lokono: hau
Macedonian: мрзливец m (mrzlivec)
Malayalam: സ്ലോത്ത് (slōttŭ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dovendyr (no) n

Nynorsk: dovendyr n
Persian: تنبل (fa) (tanbal)
Polish: leniwiec (pl) m
Portuguese: bicho-preguiça m, preguiça (pt) f, aí (pt), aígue, unau (Brazil)
Romanian: leneș (ro) m
Russian: лени́вец (ru) m (lenívec)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лењивац m, љењивац m, типавац m

Roman: lenjivac (sh) m, ljenjivac (sh) m, tipavac m
Slovak: leňoch m
Slovene: lenivec (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gnilawa f
Spanish: perezoso (es) m, (Venezuela) pereza (es) f, cúcula f (Costa Rica), caimansote (Ecuador)
Swahili: mwendapole, slothi
Swedish: sengångare (sv) c
Thai: สลอธ (sà-lɔ́t), สโลธ (sà-lôot)
Turkish: tembel hayvan
Ukrainian: ліни́вець m (linývecʹ)
Uzbek: lenivets
Vietnamese: lười (vi)
Volapük: bradip (vo)
Welsh: diogyn m

Verb edit

sloth (third-person singular simple present sloths, present participle slothing, simple past and past participle slothed)

(obsolete, intransitive, transitive) To be idle; to idle (away time).
- 1676, John Bunyan, The Strait Gate, or, Great Difficulty of Going to Heaven‎^[1], London: Francis Smith, page 69:
  […] the most of professors are for imbezzeling, mispending and slothing away their time, their talents, their opportunities to do good in […]
- 1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid‎^[2], London: T. Passinger, page 2:
  That you endeavour carefully to please your Lady, Master or Mistress, be faithful, diligent and submissive to them, encline not to sloth or laze in bed, but rise early in a morning.

Anagrams edit

Holts, Loths, holts, loths