sla

See also: SLA, slá, slå, -sla, ślą, and šla

Translingual

Symbol

sla

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Slavic languages.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slaː/

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• Rhymes: -aː
• Hyphenation: sla

Etymology 1

From earlier slae, slaê, with the first syllable reduced from earlier salae, salaê, it in turn being a reduced form of salade with regular loss of intervocalic -d- (as happened in words such as slee, broer, and teer). The semantic distinction between both forms is secondary.

Noun

sla f (uncountable, diminutive slaatje n)

1. lettuce
2. (now especially diminutive) salad

   Synonym: salade

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) slae, slaê, salae, salaê

Derived terms

• ijsbergsla
• koolsla
• muursla
• raketsla
• slacentrifuge
• slaolie
• slavink
• veldsla

Descendants

• English: slaw

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sla

1. inflection of slaan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative
   4. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

Anagrams

• als, la's, las