sloka
English
Noun
sloka (plural slokas)
- Alternative form of shloka.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 268:
- But it's not to be yet. There's a series of slokas to be recited.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Word adopted from Sanskrit श्लोक (śloka) by Josef Jungmann[1] with influence of his brother, Antonín Jan Jungmann, who studied Sanskrit.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsloka]
Noun
sloka f
Declension
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “sloka”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 640
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) “sloka”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 556
Further reading
- “sloka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “sloka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “sloka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *slankā-, formed by vowel gradation from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- “to cut, to twist, to wind, to meander; to crawl, to creep”. The original meaning was probably “crawler, creeper”, because of this bird's terrestrial habits and low flight. Cognates include Lithuanian slánka, slankà, slãnkė, Old Prussian slanke (“large woodcock”), Russian слу́ка (slúka), Ukrainian слу́ква (slúkva), Czech sluka, Polish słąka, śląka.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [slùoka]
Noun
sloka f (4th declension)
- woodcock (several bird species of the genus Scolopax, especially Scolopax rusticola)
- sloku riesta lidojums ― woodcock mating flight
- sloka dzīvo mitrākos lapu koku un jauktos mežos ― the woodcock lives in humid deciduous or mixed forests
- naktī pār purvu skrēja purva sloka... atvērtu knābi tā šāvās no vienas malas uz otru, rijot knišļus ― at night the swamp woodcock runs all over the swamp... it swings its open beak from side to side, swallowing small flies
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sloka | slokas |
| genitive | slokas | sloku |
| dative | slokai | slokām |
| accusative | sloku | slokas |
| instrumental | sloku | slokām |
| locative | slokā | slokās |
| vocative | sloka | slokas |
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sloka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slòːka/, /slóːka/
Noun
slọ̄ka f
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | slóka | ||
| gen. sing. | slóke | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
slóka | slóki | slóke |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
slóke | slók | slók |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
slóki | slókama | slókam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
slóko | slóki | slóke |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
slóki | slókah | slókah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
slóko | slókama | slókami |
Further reading
- “sloka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “sloka”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Swedish
Verb
sloka (present slokar, preterite slokade, supine slokat, imperative sloka)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sloka | — | ||
| supine | slokat | — | ||
| imperative | sloka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sloken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | slokar | slokade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | sloka | slokade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | sloke | slokade | — | — |
| present participle | slokande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
References
- sloka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sloka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sloka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)