slota

Inherited from Old Czech slota, from Proto-Slavic *slota.

• IPA^(key): [ˈslota]
• Hyphenation: slo‧ta

slota f

1. misery
2. bad weather

   Synonym: nečas

• “slota”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “slota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “slota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From an earlier verb *slot (“to slide, to slip; to wipe, to sweep”) (cf. Lithuanian šlúoti “to wipe, to sweep”), made into a second declension feminine noun in -a; the verb, in turn, came from Proto-Baltic *šlōw-, from Proto-Indo-European *slow-, *slow- (“to slide”), perhaps a parellel form of *ḱlew- (“to rinse, to clean, to slide”). From the same stem came also Latvian slaucīt (“to wipe, to sweep”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian šlúota.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [sluôta]

slota f (4th declension)

1. broom, besom (utensil for sweeping, traditionally made with a bundle of twigs or straws tied together onto a shaft, more recently with a brush at the end of a long shaft)

   slotaskāts, slotaskāts ― broomstick

   krāsns slota ― oven broom (to wipe a baking oven)

   slaucīt pagalmu ar slotu ― to sweep the yard with a broom

   es ar slotu slaucīšu grīdu ― I will sweep the floor with a broom

   pērties ar bērza slotu ― to hit oneself with a birch broom (in a steam bath)

• slaucīt
• slaukt

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slota.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsɫota/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈslota/

slota f

1. bad weather

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “slota”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• sloca

Unknown. If sloca be the original form, then perhaps related to or derived from Proto-Germanic *slukiz (“throat, gulp”), Proto-Germanic *slūkaną (“to swallow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈslo.tɑ/

slota m

1. bit, morsel, mouthful

Weak:

• Middle English: *slot
  • English: slot (“a small piece”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɔta]

slota f

1. (rare) bad weather

   Synonyms: pľušť, nečas

2. (rare) inconvenience, difficulty

• “slota”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

slot f (plural slote)

1. lump (of material)
2. divot

• sopa
• topa