sla

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See also: SLA, slá, slå, -sla, sła., ślą, and šla

Translingual

Symbol

sla

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Slavic languages.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sla
  • Rhymes: -aː

Etymology 1

From earlier slae, slaê, with the first syllable reduced from earlier salae, salaê, it in turn being a reduced form of salade with regular loss of intervocalic -d- (as happened in words such as slee, broer, and teer). The semantic distinction between both forms is secondary.

Noun

sla f (uncountable, diminutive slaatje n)

  1. lettuce
  2. (now especially diminutive) salad
    Synonym: salade
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: slaw

Etymology 2

Verb

sla

  1. inflection of slaan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
    4. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

Anagrams

Japhug

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/g-la (“moon; month”).[1] Cognate with Tibetan ཟླ (zla, “moon; month”), Tangut 𗼑 (*lhjị², “moon; month”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

sla

  1. (Kamnyu) moon
  2. (Kamnyu, counted) month
    tɯsla
    one month

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ James A. Matisoff, editor (2015), The Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus
  2. ^ Jacques, Guillaume (2014) Esquisse de phonologie et de morphologie historique du tangoute, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90

Khasi

Etymology

Cognate to Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaʔ.

Noun

sla f

  1. leaf
  2. page

References

  • Bars, E. (1973) “sla”, in Khasi-English Dictionary, Shillong, Meghalaya: Don Bosco Press, page 859

Old English

Noun

slā f

  1. Alternative form of slāh

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse slá, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną.

Verb

slā

  1. to hit, to strike
  2. to fight
  3. to slay, to kill

Conjugation

Conjugation of slā (strong)
present past
infinitive slā —
participle slāndi slaghin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk slār slāi, slāe — slō slōghi, slōghe
þū slār slāi, slāe slā slōt slōghi, slōghe
han slār slāi, slāe — slō slōghi, slōghe
vīr slāum, slāom slāum, slāom slāum, slāom slōghum, slōghom slōghum, slōghom
īr slāin slāin slāin slōghin slōghin
þēr slāa slāin — slōghu, slōgho slōghin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk slās slāis, slāes — slōs slōghis, slōghes
þū slās slāis, slāes — slōts slōghis, slōghes
han slās slāis, slāes — slōs slōghis, slōghes
vīr slāums, -oms slāums, slāoms — slōghums, slōghoms slōghums, slōghoms
īr slāins slāins — slōghins slōghins
þēr slāas slāins — slōghus, slōghos slōghins

Descendants

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia