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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slota from earlier *slopta, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlop-tā, from *ḱlep-. Cognates include Czech slota, Slovak slota, Old Church Slavonic слота (slota), Ukrainian сльота (slʹota), Belarusian слота (slóta), Serbo-Croatian slota, Bulgarian слота (slota), Lithuanian šlapa, šlapias and Ancient Greek κλέπας (klépas).
Pronunciation
Noun
słota f
- (literary) bad, rainy weather
- Synonyms: plucha, szaruga
- Pora dżdżysta rozpoczęła się na dobre, ale nie były to nasze długie, jesienne deszcze, w czasie których niebo zawleka się ciemnemi chmurami i nudna, uciążliwa słota trwa przez całe tygodnie. ― The rainy season started off for good, and it wasn't our long, fall rains, when the sky stretched with dark clouds, and the boring, oppressive rainy weather lasted all week.
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Further reading
- słota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- słota in Polish dictionaries at PWN