Reconstruction:Old English/slæpig

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Alternative forms

• *slǣpeġ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *slāpag, equivalent to slǣp +‎ -iġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslæː.pij/

Adjective

*slǣpiġ

1. sleepy

Inflection

Declension of *slǣpiġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*slǣpiġ	*slǣpiġu, *slǣpġu, *slǣpiġo, *slǣpġo	*slǣpiġ
Accusative	*slǣpiġne	*slǣpiġe, *slǣpġe	*slǣpiġ
Genitive	*slǣpiġes, *slǣpġes	*slǣpiġre	*slǣpiġes, *slǣpġes
Dative	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum	*slǣpiġre	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum
Instrumental	*slǣpiġe, *slǣpġe	*slǣpiġre	*slǣpiġe, *slǣpġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*slǣpiġe, *slǣpġe	*slǣpiġa, *slǣpġa, *slǣpiġe, *slǣpġe	*slǣpiġu, *slǣpġu, *slǣpiġo, *slǣpġo
Accusative	*slǣpiġe, *slǣpġe	*slǣpiġa, *slǣpġa, *slǣpiġe, *slǣpġe	*slǣpiġu, *slǣpġu, *slǣpiġo, *slǣpġo
Genitive	*slǣpiġra	*slǣpiġra	*slǣpiġra
Dative	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum
Instrumental	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum

Declension of *slǣpiġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*slǣpiġa, *slǣpġa	*slǣpiġe, *slǣpġe	*slǣpiġe, *slǣpġe
Accusative	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġe, *slǣpġe
Genitive	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan
Dative	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan
Instrumental	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan
Accusative	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan	*slǣpiġan, *slǣpġan
Genitive	*slǣpiġra, *slǣpiġena, *slǣpġena	*slǣpiġra, *slǣpiġena, *slǣpġena	*slǣpiġra, *slǣpiġena, *slǣpġena
Dative	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum
Instrumental	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum	*slǣpiġum, *slǣpġum

Derived terms

• unslǣpiġ

Related terms

• slāpol
• slǣpan
• slǣpor

Descendants

• Middle English: slepy
  • English: sleepy
  • Scots: slepy, sleipy