Latvian edit

 
Sliņķis (2)

Etymology edit

A nominal version of adjective slinks (lazy) (q.v.), made into an i-stem (with consequent palatalization of the nk cluster). Cognates include Lithuanian slìnkis, slìnka.[1]

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Noun edit

sliņķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: sliņķe)

  1. lazy man, animal
    sliņķus sunslazy dog
    tēvs necieš sliņķus, jo allaž savus dēlus mācījis: “darbs ir cilvēka lielākais gods”father couldn't stand lazy people, as he always taught his sons: “work is man's greatest honor”
  2. sloth (several species of arboreal South American mammal from the families Bradypodidae and Megalonychidae)
    parastais (trīspirkstu) sliņķissimple (three-fingered) sloth (Bradypus variegatus, B. tridactylus, B. torquatus)

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References edit

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “slinks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN