slepy

See also: slepý, slěpy, and ślepy

Middle English

Alternative forms

• slepi, slepie
• sclepy (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English *slǣpiġ; equivalent to slep (“sleep”) +‎ -y (“-y”).

Adjective

slepy

1. sleepy (liable to sleep)
   • c. 1250, The Story of Genesis and Exodus‎^[1] (poem):

     He woren drunken and slepi.

     They were drunk and sleepy.

2. sleepy (soporific; causing sleep)
3. sleepy (lazy, sluggish)
4. (rare) Pertaining to or characteristic of sleep.

Descendants

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

References

• “slẹ̄pī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “sleepy, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slě̑pъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɛpɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɛpɨ
• Hyphenation: sle‧py
• Syllabification: sle‧py

Adjective

slepy (comparative slepiši, superlative najslepiši, absolute superlative nanajslepiši, excessive přeslepy, adverb slepje)

1. blind (unable to see)

Declension

Declension of slepy

	singular				dual		plural
	masculine		neuter	feminine	virile	nonvirile	virile	nonvirile
	personal/animal	inanimate
nominative, vocative	slepy		slepe	slepa	slepaj	slepej	slepi	slepe
genitive	slepeho slepoh¹			slepeje	slepeju		slepych
dative	slepemu slepom¹			slepej	slepymaj		slepym
accusative	slepeho slepoh¹	slepy	slepe	slepu	slepeju	slepej	slepych	slepe
instrumental	slepym			slepej	slepymaj		slepymi
locative							slepych

¹ Poetic or colloquial.

References

• “slepy” in Soblex