slet

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See also: sleť

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from sletět.

Pronunciation

Noun

slet m inan

  1. flight downwards
  2. gathering

Declension

Declension of slet (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative slet slety
genitive sletu sletů
dative sletu sletům
accusative slet slety
vocative slete slety
locative sletu sletech
instrumental sletem slety

Related terms

Further reading

  • slet in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • slet in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • slet in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sléttr, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz, cognate with English slight, German slecht, slicht, with meaning influenced by Middle Low German slicht, slecht.

Adjective

slet (plural and definite singular attributive slete)

  1. bad
  2. evil
  3. (archaic) plain

Adverb

slet

  1. at all (always before the negation: slet ikke, slet ingen)
  2. simply - in the phrase slet og ret (“simply”)
  3. quite - in the phrase ikke slet så (“not quite as”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

slet

  1. imperative of slette

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slette. In the semantic ‘loose woman’ earliest attested in 1599; a similar development is also visible in bel.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɛt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

slet f (plural sletten, diminutive sletje n)

  1. slut
  2. (archaic, dialectal) rag, cloth
    • 1725, "Lofsang. 108. 109" (Psalm 109, verse 24), Lieue telim. Dat is Loovingen Godes of lof-sangen van David page 292.
    • 26. Myn' knijen wierden door / 't vaſten ſlap als een ſlet: / En maager wierd myn vlees, / het wellek eerſt was vet.
      Fasting made my knees weak as a piece of cloth, and my flesh, which once was fat, became meagre.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

slet

  1. Alternative form of sleighte

Etymology 2

Noun

slet

  1. Alternative form of slete

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

slet

  1. simple past of slite

Swedish

Verb

slet

  1. past indicative of slita

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