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slak

See also: şlak and šlak

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /slak/
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Noun

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slak (plural slakke)

  1. snail

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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”).

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Noun

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

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

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse slakr.

Adjective

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse slakr.

Adjective

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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

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ.

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Noun

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slȃk m (Cyrillic spelling сла̑к)

  1. bindweed

Declension

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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

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  • “slak” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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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

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Inflection of slak
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular slak slakare slakast
Neuter singular slakt slakare slakast
Plural slaka slakare slakast
Masculine plural3 slake slakare slakast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 slake slakare slakaste
All slaka slakare slakaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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West Frisian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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slak c (plural slakken, diminutive slakje)

  1. snail

References

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

Further reading

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