slep

See also: slēp, šlep, and ślep

Gothic

Romanization

slēp

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐍀

Middle English

Alternative forms

• slape, slepe (Norther)
• slæp, sleap (Early Middle English)
• sclepe, sleep, sleepe, slepe, sleppe (Late Middle English)
• sslep (Kent, hapax)

Etymology

From Old English slǣp, slēp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sleːp/, /slɛːp/

Noun

slep (uncountable)

1. sleep, restfulness
   • c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1450–1475 in Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 638, folio 110v:

     For Nature wolde nat ſuffyſe / To non erthly creature / Not longe tyme to endure / Without ſlepe & be yn ſorwe / And I ne may ne nyght ne morwe / Slepe […]

     For Nature will not allow / Any earthly creature / To survive for long / Without sleep, and sorrowing; / And yet I cannot, by night or morning, / Sleep, […]

2. dream
3. weakness, tiredness

Related terms

• aslepe
• slepen
• sleples
• slepy

Descendants

• English: sleep
• Middle Scots: slepe, sleip
  • Scots: sleep
• Yola: slepe

References

• “slẹ̄p, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-21.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

slep

1. imperative of slepe

Derived terms

• (of noun) etterslep

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slep

1. imperative of slepa

Derived terms

• (of noun) etterslep

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sleːp/

Verb

slēp

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• slijȇp (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slěpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slêːp/

Adjective

slȇp (Cyrillic spelling сле̑п, definite slȇpī)

1. blind

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		slep	slepa	slepo
genitive		slepa	slepe	slepa
dative		slepu	slepoj	slepu
accusative	inanimate animate	slep slepa	slepu	slepo
vocative		slep	slepa	slepo
locative		slepu	slepoj	slepu
instrumental		slepim	slepom	slepim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		slepi	slepe	slepa
genitive		slepih	slepih	slepih
dative		slepim(a)	slepim(a)	slepim(a)
accusative		slepe	slepe	slepa
vocative		slepi	slepe	slepa
locative		slepim(a)	slepim(a)	slepim(a)
instrumental		slepim(a)	slepim(a)	slepim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		slepi	slepa	slepo
genitive		slepog(a)	slepe	slepog(a)
dative		slepom(u/e)	slepoj	slepom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	slepi slepog(a)	slepu	slepo
vocative		slepi	slepa	slepo
locative		slepom(e/u)	slepoj	slepom(e/u)
instrumental		slepim	slepom	slepim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		slepi	slepe	slepa
genitive		slepih	slepih	slepih
dative		slepim(a)	slepim(a)	slepim(a)
accusative		slepe	slepe	slepa
vocative		slepi	slepe	slepa
locative		slepim(a)	slepim(a)	slepim(a)
instrumental		slepim(a)	slepim(a)	slepim(a)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *slěpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sléːp/

Adjective

slẹ̑p (comparative bȍlj slẹ̑p, superlative nȁjbolj slẹ̑p)

1. blind

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	slép	slépa	slépo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slép ind slépi def	slépa	slépo
genitive	slépega	slépe	slépega
dative	slépemu	slépi	slépemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	slépo	slépo
locative	slépem	slépi	slépem
instrumental	slépim	slépo	slépim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slépa	slépi	slépi
genitive	slépih	slépih	slépih
dative	slépima	slépima	slépima
accusative	slépa	slépi	slépi
locative	slépih	slépih	slépih
instrumental	slépima	slépima	slépima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slépi	slépe	slépa
genitive	slépih	slépih	slépih
dative	slépim	slépim	slépim
accusative	slépe	slépe	slépa
locative	slépih	slépih	slépih
instrumental	slépimi	slépimi	slépimi

Further reading

• “slep”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025