slaf
See also: Slaf
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slɑːf/
Verb
slāf
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative of slīfan
Old High German
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *slap-, related to *slēpaną (“to sleep”), whence also Old Norse slappi.
Adjective
slaf
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz, whence also Old Saxon slāp, Old English slǣp.
Noun
slāf m
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | slāf | slāfā, slāfa |
| accusative | slāf | slāfā, slāfa |
| genitive | slāfes | slāfo |
| dative | slāfe | slāfum |
| instrumental | slāfu | — |
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle High German: slāf
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “slapp”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schlaf, from schlafen (“to sleep”). First attested in 1913.
Noun
slaf c
- (colloquial) bunk (place to sleep)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | slaf | slafs |
| definite | slafen | slafens | |
| plural | indefinite | slafar | slafars |
| definite | slafarna | slafarnas |
Derived terms
Further reading
Volapük
Noun
slaf (nominative plural slafs)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | slaf | slafs |
| genitive | slafa | slafas |
| dative | slafe | slafes |
| accusative | slafi | slafis |
| vocative 1 | o slaf! | o slafs! |
| predicative 2 | slafu | slafus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Welsh
Alternative forms
- yslaf
Etymology
Borrowed from English slave. Doublet of Slaf (“Slav”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slaːv/
- Rhymes: -aːv
Noun
slaf m (plural slafiaid or slafys or slâfs, not mutable)
Derived terms
- slafio (“to enslave”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “slaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies