sliepe
Dutch
Verb
sliepe
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of slapen
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian slēpa, from Proto-West Germanic *slāpan. Compare Saterland Frisian släipe, Dutch slapen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsli.əpə/
Verb
sliepe
- to sleep
- 2008, Greet Andringa, Libben reach, Friese Pers Boekerij, page 70.
- Hy koe net sliepe, want de dreamen oer syn deade maten wiene noch slimmer as wat er mei de eagen iepen seach.
- He couldn't sleep, because the dreams about his dead companions were even worse than what he saw with his eyes open.
- 2008, Greet Andringa, Libben reach, Friese Pers Boekerij, page 70.
Conjugation
| Weak class 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sliepe | |||
| 3rd singular past | sliepte | |||
| past participle | sliept | |||
| infinitive | sliepe | |||
| long infinitive | sliepen | |||
| gerund | sliepen n | |||
| auxiliary | hawwe | |||
| indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st singular | sliep | sliepte | ||
| 2nd singular | sliepst | slieptest | ||
| clitic form | sliepsto | slieptesto | ||
| 3rd singular | sliept | sliepte | ||
| plural | sliepe | sliepten | ||
| imperative | sliep | |||
| participles | sliepend | sliept | ||
Further reading
- “sliepe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011