slaf

See also: Slaf

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɑːf/

Verb

slāf

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of slīfan

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *slap-, related to *slēpaną (“to sleep”), whence also Old Norse slappi.

Adjective

slaf

1. slack

Descendants

• Middle High German: slaf
  • German: schlaff

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz, whence also Old Saxon slāp, Old English slǣp.

Noun

slāf m

1. sleep
2. sleepiness

Declension

Declension of slāf (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	slāf	slāfā, slāfa
accusative	slāf	slāfā, slāfa
genitive	slāfes	slāfo
dative	slāfe	slāfum
instrumental	slāfu	—

Related terms

• slāfan

Descendants

• Middle High German: slāf
  • Alemannic German: Schloof
  • German: Schlaf
  • Hunsrik: Schlof
  • Luxembourgish: Schlof
  • Pennsylvania German: Schlof
  • Vilamovian: śłöf
  • Yiddish: שלאָף (shlof)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), 6th edition

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013), “slapp”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453

Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Schlaf, from schlafen (“to sleep”). First attested in 1913.

Noun

slaf c

1. (colloquial) bunk (place to sleep)

Declension

Declension of slaf

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	slaf	slafs
	definite	slafen	slafens
plural	indefinite	slafar	slafars
	definite	slafarna	slafarnas

Derived terms

• underslaf
• överslaf

See also

• slafa

Further reading

• slaf in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Volapük

Noun

slaf (nominative plural slafs)

1. slavery

Declension

Declension of slaf

	singular	plural
nominative	slaf	slafs
genitive	slafa	slafas
dative	slafe	slafes
accusative	slafi	slafis
vocative 1	o slaf!	o slafs!
predicative 2	slafu	slafus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Alternative forms

• yslaf

Etymology

Borrowed from English slave. Doublet of Slaf (“Slav”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slaːv/
• Rhymes: -aːv

Noun

slaf m (plural slafiaid or slafys or slâfs, not mutable)

1. slave, drudge

   Synonym: caethwas

Derived terms

• slafio (“to enslave”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “slaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies