slidens

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) slids

Etymology

From the same stem as Latvian slīdēt (“to slide”) and slaids (“slender, slim”): Proto-Baltic *slid +‎ -ens, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“slippery, to slide”). A dialectal variant slids (“slippery”), without the suffix, also exists (compare Lithuanian slidùs (“slippery”)).

Adjective

slidens (definite slidenais, comparative slidenāks, superlative visslidenākais, adverb slideni)

1. slippery, slick (with a surface that has little attrition)

   slidens ceļš ― slippery path, road

   slidena virsma ― slippery surface

   slidens parkets ― slippery flooring

   slidenas kurpju zoles ― slippery shoe soles

   slidenas kāpnes ― slippery stairs

2. (figuratively) slippery, slick (associated with risk, with difficulty)

   slidens pasākums ― a slippery, difficult enterprise, project

   diezgan slidena dzejas problēma ― the rather slippery problem of poetry

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of slidens

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	slidens	slideni		slidena	slidenas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	slidenu	slidenus		slidenu	slidenas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	slidena	slidenu		slidenas	slidenu
dative (datīvs)	slidenam	slideniem		slidenai	slidenām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	slidenu	slideniem		slidenu	slidenām
locative (lokatīvs)	slidenā	slidenos		slidenā	slidenās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Derived terms

• slidenums

Related terms

• slīdēt
• slidot