sluka
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech sluka, from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sluka f
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
adjective
noun
Further reading edit
Swedish edit
Verb edit
sluka (present slukar, preterite slukade, supine slukat, imperative sluka)
- to devour, to swallow (swallow (something big) all at once (almost) without chewing, sometimes hyperbolically)
- (figuratively) to devour with one's eyes or the like
- Han slukade henne med blicken
- He devoured her with his eyes
- (figuratively) to use up a lot of something
- elslukande
- power-hungry ("electricity-devouring")
- (figuratively) to swallow; to make something disappear without leaving a trace, especially about a swallow or chasm of the earth, or in the sea
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sluka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sluka | slukas | ||
| Supine | slukat | slukats | ||
| Imperative | sluka | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | sluken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | slukar | slukade | slukas | slukades |
| Ind. plural1 | sluka | slukade | slukas | slukades |
| Subjunctive2 | sluke | slukade | slukes | slukades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | slukande | |||
| Past participle | slukad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms edit
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References edit
- sluka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sluka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sluka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)