sleppa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sleppa, from or related to Proto-Germanic *slīpaną (“to slide”). Cognate with Swedish slippa.

Verb

sleppa (third person singular past indicative slapp, third person plural past indicative sluppu, supine sloppið)

1. to be allowed, may
2. to get (somewhere), to escape

Conjugation

Conjugation of sleppa (group v-49pp)

infinitive	sleppa
supine	sloppið
	present	past
first singular	sleppi	slapp
second singular	sleppur	slapst
third singular	sleppur	slapp
plural	sleppa	sluppu
participle (a34)1	sleppandi	sloppin
	imperative
singular	slepp!
plural	sleppið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Verb

sleppa (third person singular past indicative slepti, third person plural past indicative slept, supine slept)

1. to set free, to release, to place

Conjugation

Conjugation of sleppa (group v-9)

infinitive	sleppa
supine	slept
	present	past
first singular	sleppi	slepti
second singular	sleppir	slepti
third singular	sleppir	slepti
plural	sleppa	sleptu
participle (a5)1	sleppandi	sleptur
	imperative
singular	slepp!
plural	sleppið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstlɛhpa/
• Rhymes: -ɛhpa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sleppa, from or related to Proto-Germanic *slīpaną (“to slide”). Cognate with Swedish slippa.

Verb

sleppa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative slapp, third-person plural past indicative sluppu, supine sloppið)

1. (intransitive) to escape, get away

Conjugation

sleppa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að sleppa
supine sagnbót		sloppið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sleppandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	slepp	slapp		sleppi	slyppi
	þú	sleppur	slappst		sleppir	slyppir
	hann, hún, það	sleppur	slapp		sleppi	slyppi
plural	við	sleppum	sluppum		sleppum	slyppum
	þið	sleppið	sluppuð		sleppið	slyppuð
	þeir, þær, þau	sleppa	sluppu		sleppi	slyppu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	slepp (þú), slepptu
plural	þið	sleppið (þið), sleppiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sloppinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sloppinn	sloppin	sloppið	sloppnir	sloppnar	sloppin
accusative (þolfall)	sloppinn	sloppna	sloppið	sloppna	sloppnar	sloppin
dative (þágufall)	sloppnum	sloppinni	sloppnu	sloppnum	sloppnum	sloppnum
genitive (eignarfall)	sloppins	sloppinnar	sloppins	sloppinna	sloppinna	sloppinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sloppni	sloppna	sloppna	sloppnu	sloppnu	sloppnu
accusative (þolfall)	sloppna	sloppnu	sloppna	sloppnu	sloppnu	sloppnu
dative (þágufall)	sloppna	sloppnu	sloppna	sloppnu	sloppnu	sloppnu
genitive (eignarfall)	sloppna	sloppnu	sloppna	sloppnu	sloppnu	sloppnu

Etymology 2

Verb

sleppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sleppti, supine sleppt)

1. to release, to let go, let go of [with dative]
2. to refrain from, to forgo [with dative]
3. to omit [with dative]

Conjugation

sleppa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að sleppa
supine sagnbót		sleppt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sleppandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sleppi	sleppti		sleppi	sleppti
	þú	sleppir	slepptir		sleppir	slepptir
	hann, hún, það	sleppir	sleppti		sleppi	sleppti
plural	við	sleppum	slepptum		sleppum	slepptum
	þið	sleppið	slepptuð		sleppið	slepptuð
	þeir, þær, þau	sleppa	slepptu		sleppi	slepptu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	slepp (þú), slepptu
plural	þið	sleppið (þið), sleppiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

• ekki verður bæði sleppt og haldið

Italian

Etymology

Possibly from Germanic and borrowed from German Schlappe, compare English slap. Ultimately likely onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzlep.pa/
• Rhymes: -eppa
• Hyphenation: slép‧pa

Noun

sleppa f (plural sleppe) (regional)

1. a slap

   Synonyms: schiaffo, sberla, ceffone

2. a large portion

   Synonym: pezzo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sleppe (e and split infinitives)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²slɛpːɑ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sleppa.

Verb

sleppa (present tense slepp, past tense slapp, past participle sloppe, present participle sleppande, imperative slepp)

1. to be released from something

   Eg slapp ut av fengselet etter eitt år.

   I was released from prison after one year.

2. to not have to do something
   • 1991, Rune Belsvik, Dustefjerten:

     Det er eit ganske fint arbeid eg har. Eg slepp å bli full av skit og lort.

     I have a pretty nice job. I don't have to get all dirty and grimy.

3. avoid

   Eg slapp militærtenesta fordi eg såg dårleg.

   I avoided military service because I had bad eyesight.

Etymology 2

From etymology 1.

Verb

sleppa (present tense slepper, past tense sleppte, past participle sleppt, present participle sleppande, imperative slepp)

1. to release, let go, let loose

   Me sleppte kyrne ut på beite.

   We let the cows out to pasture.

   Me slepper deg fri no.

   We will release you now.

   Ho sleppte taket i greina og fall ned på bakken.

   She let go of the branch and fell onto the ground.

References

• “sleppa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.