slep

See also: Appendix:Variations of "slep"

Gothic

Romanization

slēp

  1. romanization of 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐍀

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English slǣp, slēp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sleːp/, /slɛːp/

Noun

slep (uncountable)

  1. sleep, restfulness
    • c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1450–1475 in Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 638, folio 110v:
      For Nature wolde nat ſuffyſe / To non erthly creature / Not longe tyme to endure / Without ſlepe & be yn ſorwe / And I ne may ne nyght ne morwe / Slepe […]
      For Nature will not allow / Any earthly creature / To survive for long / Without sleep, and sorrowing; / And yet I cannot, by night or morning, / Sleep, […]
  2. dream
  3. weakness, tiredness

Descendants

  • English: sleep
  • Middle Scots: slepe, sleip
  • Yola: slepe

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

slep

  1. imperative of slepe

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slep

  1. imperative of slepa

Derived terms

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sleːp/

Verb

slēp

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of slǣpan

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slěpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slêːp/

Adjective

slȇp (Cyrillic spelling сле̑п, definite slȇpī)

  1. blind

Declension

indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative slep slepa slepo
genitive slepa slepe slepa
dative slepu slepoj slepu
accusative inanimate
animate
slep
slepa
slepu slepo
vocative slep slepa slepo
locative slepu slepoj slepu
instrumental slepim slepom slepim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative slepi slepe slepa
genitive slepih slepih slepih
dative slepim(a) slepim(a) slepim(a)
accusative slepe slepe slepa
vocative slepi slepe slepa
locative slepim(a) slepim(a) slepim(a)
instrumental slepim(a) slepim(a) slepim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative slepi slepa slepo
genitive slepog(a) slepe slepog(a)
dative slepom(u/e) slepoj slepom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate
slepi
slepog(a)
slepu slepo
vocative slepi slepa slepo
locative slepom(e/u) slepoj slepom(e/u)
instrumental slepim slepom slepim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative slepi slepe slepa
genitive slepih slepih slepih
dative slepim(a) slepim(a) slepim(a)
accusative slepe slepe slepa
vocative slepi slepe slepa
locative slepim(a) slepim(a) slepim(a)
instrumental slepim(a) slepim(a) slepim(a)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slěpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sléːp/

Adjective

slẹ̑p (comparative bȍlj slẹ̑p, superlative nȁjbolj slẹ̑p)

  1. blind

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. slép slépa slépo
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative slép ind
slépi def
slépa slépo
genitive slépega slépe slépega
dative slépemu slépi slépemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitive
anim
slépo slépo
locative slépem slépi slépem
instrumental slépim slépo slépim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative slépa slépi slépi
genitive slépih slépih slépih
dative slépima slépima slépima
accusative slépa slépi slépi
locative slépih slépih slépih
instrumental slépima slépima slépima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative slépi slépe slépa
genitive slépih slépih slépih
dative slépim slépim slépim
accusative slépe slépe slépa
locative slépih slépih slépih
instrumental slépimi slépimi slépimi

Further reading

  • slep”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025