slepp

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Schleppe (“train”), from schleppen (“to tow, drag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃlɛpː]
• Hyphenation: slepp
• Rhymes: -ɛpː

Noun

slepp (plural sleppek)

1. train (elongated back portion of a dress or skirt)

   Synonym: uszály

2. barge, towboat

   Synonym: uszály

3. (derogatory) attendants, entourage, retinue

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	slepp	sleppek
accusative	sleppet	sleppeket
dative	sleppnek	sleppeknek
instrumental	sleppel	sleppekkel
causal-final	sleppért	sleppekért
translative	sleppé	sleppekké
terminative	sleppig	sleppekig
essive-formal	sleppként	sleppekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sleppben	sleppekben
superessive	sleppen	sleppeken
adessive	sleppnél	sleppeknél
illative	sleppbe	sleppekbe
sublative	sleppre	sleppekre
allative	slepphez	sleppekhez
elative	sleppből	sleppekből
delative	sleppről	sleppekről
ablative	slepptől	sleppektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	sleppé	sleppeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	sleppéi	sleppekéi

Possessive forms of slepp
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sleppem	sleppjeim
2nd person sing.	slepped	sleppjeid
3rd person sing.	sleppje	sleppjei
1st person plural	sleppünk	sleppjeink
2nd person plural	sleppetek	sleppjeitek
3rd person plural	sleppjük	sleppjeik

Further reading

• slepp in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb sleppa (“to release”). Compare to Swedish släpp (as in fårsläpp or vårsläpp). Compare also to Norwegian Bokmål slipp (as in vårslipp).

Verb

slepp

1. inflection of sleppa:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Noun

slepp m (definite singular sleppen, indefinite plural sleppar, definite plural sleppane)
slepp n (definite singular sleppet, indefinite plural slepp, definite plural sleppa)

1. (usually seasonal) release of cattle into the pasture areas

   Hyponyms: hesteslepp, sauslepp, vårslepp

2. (education) graduation (at a school or university) and the ceremony related to it

   Synonyms: skuleavslutting, studentslepp, vårslepp

References

• “slepp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.