Wiktionary

slet

See also: sleť

Czech

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Etymology

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Deverbal from sletět.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈslɛt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Hyphenation: slet

Noun

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slet m inan

  1. flight downwards
  2. gathering

Declension

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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
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Further reading

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  • “slet”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “slet”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “slet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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slet (plural and definite singular attributive slete)

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

Adverb

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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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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slet

  1. imperative of slette

Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /slɛt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

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slet f (plural sletten, diminutive sletje n)

  1. (vulgar, often derogatory) 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.

Derived terms

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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slet

  1. Alternative form of sleighte

Etymology 2

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Noun

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slet

  1. Alternative form of slete

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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slet

  1. simple past of slite

Swedish

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Verb

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slet

  1. past indicative of slita

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