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slak

See also: şlak and šlak

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch slak, from Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *slikkō.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /slak/
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Noun edit

slak (plural slakke)

  1. snail

Dutch edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch *slekki (attested in personal names), from Proto-Germanic *slikkō, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).[1] Cognate with Luxembourgish Schleek, German Low German Slacke, Slack (“snail”).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

slak f or m (plural slakken, diminutive slakje n)

  1. snail, slug (any gastropod)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: slak

References edit

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “slak1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Low German slagge, whence also German Schlacke, English slag. See the latter.

Noun edit

slak f (plural slakken)

  1. slag (the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore)
  2. hard, molten leftovers of burnt coal and other solid fuels

Anagrams edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse slakr.

Adjective edit

slak (masculine and feminine slak, neuter slakt, definite singular and plural slake, comparative slakere, indefinite superlative slakest, definite superlative slakeste)

  1. slack (rope, sails)
  2. gentle (curve, slope)
  3. loose (ice)
  4. weak, feeble

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse slakr.

Adjective edit

slak (neuter slakt, definite singular and plural slake, comparative slakare, indefinite superlative slakast, definite superlative slakaste)

  1. slack (rope, sails)
  2. gentle (curve, slope)
  3. loose (ice)
  4. weak, feeble

Alternative forms edit

References edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

slȃk m (Cyrillic spelling сла̑к)

  1. bindweed

Declension edit

Declension of slak
singular plural
nominative slȃk slȁkovi
genitive slaka slakova
dative slaku slakovima
accusative slak slakove
vocative slače slakovi
locative slaku slakovima
instrumental slakom slakovima

References edit

  • “slak” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Swedish slaker, from Old Norse slakr, from Proto-Germanic *slakaz.

Adjective edit

slak (comparative slakare, superlative slakast)

  1. slack, not taut (of something that can be taut, like a rope or sail or hanging flag)
    Antonyms: styv, spänd
  2. flaccid (of a penis)
    Antonyms: erigerad, styv
  3. (figuratively) weak, powerless
    Hon kände sig slak i benen
    Her legs felt weak ("She felt untaut in the legs")

Declension edit

Inflection of slak
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular slak slakare slakast
Neuter singular slakt slakare slakast
Plural slaka slakare slakast
Masculine plural3 slake slakare slakast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 slake slakare slakaste
All slaka slakare slakaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Related terms edit

See also edit

References edit

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *slikkō, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).[1]

Noun edit

slak c (plural slakken, diminutive slakje)

  1. snail

References edit

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “slak1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading edit

  • “slak (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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