sleva

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Czech

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Etymology

Deverbal from slevit.

Pronunciation

Noun

sleva f

  1. discount (reduction in price)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Faroese

Pronunciation

Verb

sleva (third person singular past indicative slevaði, third person plural past indicative slevaðu, supine slevað)

  1. to slaver
  2. to drool

Declension

Conjugation of sleva (group v-30)
infinitive sleva
supine slevað
present past
first singular slevi slevaði
second singular slevar slevaði
third singular slevar slevaði
plural sleva slevaðu
participle (a6)1 slevandi slevaður
imperative
singular sleva!
plural slevið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sleva (present tense slevar, past tense sleva, past participle sleva, passive infinitive slevast, present participle slevande, imperative sleva/slev)

  1. alternative form of sleve

Noun

sleva f (definite singular sleva, indefinite plural slever or slevor, definite plural slevene or slevone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of sleve

Swedish

Etymology

slev +‎ -a

Pronunciation

Verb

sleva (present slevar, preterite slevade, supine slevat, imperative sleva)

  1. to serve (or move) food with a large spoon
    Matpersonalen i storköket slevade upp nedramlad mat från golvet
    The cooking staff in the school kitchen picked up (and later served) food that had fallen on the floor
  2. (sleva i sig) to gulp down, to eat quickly (as if with a large spoon)
    jag slevade i mig den ena obskyra fiskrätten efter den andra
    I gulped down one obscure fish dish after the other

Conjugation

Conjugation of sleva (weak)
active passive
infinitive sleva slevas
supine slevat slevats
imperative sleva
imper. plural1 sleven
present past present past
indicative slevar slevade slevas slevades
ind. plural1 sleva slevade slevas slevades
subjunctive2 sleve slevade sleves slevades
present participle slevande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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