slaf

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *slap-, related to *slēpaną (“to sleep”), whence also Old Norse slappi.

Adjective

slaf

1. slack

Descendants

• Middle High German: slaf
  • German: schlaff

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz, whence also Old Saxon slāp, Old English slǣp.

Noun

slāf m

1. sleep
2. sleepiness

Declension

Declension of slāf (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	slāf	slāfa
accusative	slāf	slāfa
genitive	slāfes	slāfo
dative	slāfe	slāfum
instrumental	slāfu	—

Related terms

• slāfan

Descendants

• Middle High German: slāf
  • Alemannic German: Schloof
  • German: Schlaf
  • Hunsrik: Schlof
  • Luxembourgish: Schlof
  • Pennsylvania German: Schlof
  • Vilamovian: śłöf
  • Yiddish: שלאָף (shlof)

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “slapp”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schlaf, from schlafen (“to sleep”). First attested in 1913.

Noun

slaf c

1. (colloquial) bunk (place to sleep)

Declension

Declension of slaf
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	slaf	slafen	slafar	slafarna
Genitive	slafs	slafens	slafars	slafarnas

Derived terms

• underslaf
• överslaf

Further reading

• slaf in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Volapük

Noun

slaf (nominative plural slafs)

1. slavery

Declension

declension of slaf

	singular	plural
nominative	slaf	slafs
genitive	slafa	slafas
dative	slafe	slafes
accusative	slafi	slafis
vocative 1	o slaf!	o slafs!
predicative 2	slafu	slafus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Alternative forms

• yslaf

Etymology

From English slave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slaːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

Noun

slaf m (plural slafiaid, not mutable)

1. slave, drudge

   Synonym: caethwas

Derived terms

• slafio

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “slaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies