See also: sleť

Czech edit

Etymology edit

Deverbal from sletět.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈslɛt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Hyphenation: slet

Noun edit

slet m inan

  1. flight downwards
  2. gathering

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Further reading edit

  • slet in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • slet in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • slet in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse sléttr, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz, cognate with English slight, German slecht, slicht, with meaning influenced by Middle Low German slicht, slecht.

Adjective edit

slet (plural and definite singular attributive slete)

  1. bad
  2. evil
  3. (archaic) plain

Adverb edit

slet

  1. at all (always before the negation: slet ikke, slet ingen)
  2. simply - in the phrase slet og ret (simply)
  3. quite - in the phrase ikke slet så (not quite as)

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

slet

  1. imperative of slette

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch slette. In the semantic ‘loose woman’ earliest attested in 1599.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /slɛt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun edit

slet f (plural sletten, diminutive sletje n)

  1. slut
  2. (archaic, dialectal) rag, cloth
    • 1725, "Lofsang. 108. 109" (Psalm 109, verse 24), Lieue telim. Dat is Loovingen Godes of lof-sangen van David page 292.
    • 26. Myn' knijen wierden door / 't vaſten ſlap als een ſlet: / En maager wierd myn vlees, / het wellek eerſt was vet.
      Fasting made my knees weak as a piece of cloth, and my flesh, which once was fat, became meagre.

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Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adjective edit

slet

  1. Alternative form of sleighte

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

slet

  1. Alternative form of slete

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

slet

  1. simple past of slite

Swedish edit

Verb edit

slet

  1. past indicative of slita

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