slaf

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Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

slāf

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of slīfan

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *slap-, related to *slēpaną (“to sleep”), whence also Old Norse slappi.

Adjective

slaf

  1. slack
Descendants
  • Middle High German: slaf

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz, whence also Old Saxon slāp, Old English slǣp.

Noun

slāf m

  1. sleep
  2. sleepiness
Declension
Declension of slāf (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative slāf slāfa
accusative slāf slāfa
genitive slāfes slāfo
dative slāfe slāfum
instrumental slāfu —
Descendants

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “slapp”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schlaf, from schlafen (“to sleep”). First attested in 1913.

Noun

slaf c

  1. (colloquial) bunk (place to sleep)

Declension

Declension of slaf 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative slaf slafen slafar slafarna
Genitive slafs slafens slafars slafarnas

Derived terms

Further reading

Volapük

Noun

slaf (nominative plural slafs)

  1. slavery

Declension

declension of slaf
singular plural
nominative slaf slafs
genitive slafa slafas
dative slafe slafes
accusative slafi slafis
vocative 1 o slaf! o slafs!
predicative 2 slafu slafus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English slave.

Pronunciation

Noun

slaf m (plural slafiaid, not mutable)

  1. slave, drudge
    Synonym: caethwas

Derived terms

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “slaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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