sloot

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans sloot, from Dutch sloot, from Middle Dutch slote, sloot, from Old Dutch *slōt, from Proto-West Germanic *slaut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsluːt/, /ˈsluːɪt/

Noun

sloot (plural sloots)

  1. (South Africa) A ditch.
  2. (South Africa, archaic) An irrigation channel.
    • 1901 April 26, “The March Rains”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎, volume 4, number 4, page 101:
      Gorton, Ixopo, continues to suffer from prolonged drought. The Ixopo has not been so low for the last fifty years. Some sluits around here have ceased running.

References

  • "sloot" in Dictionary of South African English

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slote, sloot, from Old Dutch *slōt, from Proto-West Germanic *slaut.

Noun

sloot f (plural sloten, diminutive slootje n)

  1. ditch, trench
    Synonym: greppel
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sloot

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sloot

  1. singular past indicative of sluiten

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