slak

See also: Slak, slák, ślak, šlak, and şlak

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch slak, from Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *slikkō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slak/
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Noun

slak (plural slakke)

  1. snail

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /slɑk/
  • Hyphenation: slak
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch *slekki (attested in personal names), from Proto-Germanic *slikkō, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).[1] Cognate with Luxembourgish Schleek, German Low German Slacke, Slack (“snail”).

Alternative forms

Noun

slak f or m (plural slakken, diminutive slakje n)

  1. snail, slug (any gastropod)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: slak

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “slak1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German slagge, whence also German Schlacke, English slag. See the latter.

Noun

slak f (plural slakken)

  1. slag (the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore)
  2. hard, molten leftovers of burnt coal and other solid fuels

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse slakr.

Adjective

slak (masculine and feminine slak, neuter slakt, definite singular and plural slake, comparative slakere, indefinite superlative slakest, definite superlative slakeste)

  1. slack (rope, sails)
  2. gentle (curve, slope)
  3. loose (ice)
  4. weak, feeble

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse slakr.

Adjective

slak (neuter slakt, definite singular and plural slake, comparative slakare, indefinite superlative slakast, definite superlative slakaste)

  1. slack (rope, sails)
  2. gentle (curve, slope)
  3. loose (ice)
  4. weak, feeble

Alternative forms

  • slakk

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slâːk/

Noun

slȃk m inan (Cyrillic spelling сла̑к)

  1. bindweed

Declension

Declension of slak
singular plural
nominative slȃk slȁkovi
genitive slaka slakova
dative slaku slakovima
accusative slak slakove
vocative slače slakovi
locative slaku slakovima
instrumental slakom slakovima

References

  • “slak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish slaker, from Old Norse slakr, from Proto-Germanic *slakaz.

Adjective

slak (comparative slakare, superlative slakast)

  1. slack, not taut (of something that can be taut, like a rope or sail or hanging flag)
    Antonyms: styv, spänd
  2. flaccid (of a penis)
    Antonyms: erigerad, styv
  3. (figuratively) weak, powerless
    Hon kände sig slak i benen
    Her legs felt weak ("She felt untaut in the legs")

Declension

Inflection of slak
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular slak slakare slakast
neuter singular slakt slakare slakast
plural slaka slakare slakast
masculine plural2 slake slakare slakast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 slake slakare slakaste
all slaka slakare slakaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

References

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slikkō, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).[1]

Noun

slak c (plural slakken, diminutive slakje)

  1. snail

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “slak1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

  • “slak (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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