sluta

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See also: slúta

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

sluta

  1. inflection of slout:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sleutaną.

Verb

slūta

  1. to lock

Inflection

Conjugation of slūta (strong class 2)
infinitive slūta
indicative present past
1st person singular slūte slāt
2nd person singular slūtest, slūtst slātest, slātst
3rd person singular slūteth, slūtth slāt
plural slūtath sleten
subjunctive present past
singular slūte slete
plural slūte, slūten slete, sleten
imperative present
singular slūt
plural slūteth
participle present past
slūtande esleten, sleten

Descendants

  • Saterland Frisian: sluute
  • West Frisian: slute

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

sluta (Cyrillic spelling слута)

  1. inflection of sluti:
    1. feminine singular passive past participle
    2. neuter plural passive past participle

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish slūta, from Low German sluten (“to lock up, shut”)

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -²ʉːta

Verb

sluta (present slutar, preterite slutade, supine slutat, imperative sluta)

  1. to stop (come to an end), to end (come to an end)
  2. to quit (e.g. school, a job or a habit)
    att sluta röka
    to quit smoking
  3. to cease doing something
    Sluta skrika!
    Stop screaming!
  4. to finish; to have as a result (from a competition)
    Hon slutade på andra plats i tävlingen
    She finished as runner-up in the competition

Conjugation

Conjugation of sluta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sluta —
Supine slutat —
Imperative sluta —
Imper. plural1 sluten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative slutar slutade — —
Ind. plural1 sluta slutade — —
Subjunctive2 slute slutade — —
Participles
Present participle slutande
Past participle slutad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Verb

sluta (present sluter, preterite slöt, supine slutit, imperative slut)

  1. to close, to shut (make closed by closing one or more openings)
    Han slöt ögonen
    He closed his eyes
  2. (reflexive) to become or make oneself closed (as above)
    Slemmonstret har tusentals hål. När det sluter sig så stängs hålen.
    The slime monster has thousands of holes. When it closes itself, the holes close.
  3. (figuratively, reflexive) to retract within oneself; to reduce one's connections with other people
  4. (reflexive, with samman (“together”)) to join together
    Synonym: förena sig
    De tre grupperna slöt sig samman
    The three groups joined forces
  5. to connect the ends of a curve so that it no longer has any beginning nor end, to close
    sluta en kurva
    close a curve
  6. (in a few expressions) to formally agree on (something)
    sluta fred
    make peace
    sluta förbund
    make an alliance
    De slöt en överenskommelse om att fortsätta förhandlingarna
    They struck a deal to continue the negotiations

Conjugation

Conjugation of sluta (class 2 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive sluta slutas
Supine slutit slutits
Imperative slut —
Imper. plural1 sluten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative sluter slöt sluts, slutes slöts
Ind. plural1 sluta slöto slutas slötos
Subjunctive2 slute slöte slutes slötes
Participles
Present participle slutande
Past participle sluten
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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