slinka
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Latvian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]slinka
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish slinka, from Middle Low German slinken, from Old Saxon *slinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *slinkan, from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną. The noun is derived from the verb.
Noun
[edit]slinka c
- a slut, a floozy, a trollop (promiscuous woman)
- a streetwalker, a prostitute
- Synonyms: fnask, gatflicka, glädjeflicka, hora, luder, nattfjäril, prostituerad, sexarbetare, sexsäljare, sköka
Declension
[edit]Declension of slinka
See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]slinka (present slinker, preterite slank, supine slunkit, imperative slink)
- to slip, to slink, to move without control, to move quickly and silently to somewhere
- Illern slank in under soffan
- The ferret slipped in under the couch
- Han slank in i köket och åt en kaka medan de var ute och hämtade posten
- He slipped into the kitchen and ate a cookie while they were out getting the mail
- Den ena supen efter den andra slank ner i deras halsar
- One drink after the other slipped down their throats
- 1937, Larry Morey, “The Dwarf's Yodel Song (The Silly Song)”, in Snow White, Disney:
- Jag fångade en räv en dag, men räven slank ur näven. Fast lika glad för det är jag, men gladast är nog räven.
- "I caught a fox one day, but the fox slipped out of my fist. But I'm just as happy still, but happiest is probably the fox."
I chased a polecat up a tree, Way out on upon a limb, And when he got the best of me, I got the worst of him.
- "I caught a fox one day, but the fox slipped out of my fist. But I'm just as happy still, but happiest is probably the fox."
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of slinka (class 3 strong)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | slinka | — | ||
Supine | slunkit | — | ||
Imperative | slink | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | slinken | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | slinker | slank | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | slinka | slunko | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | slinke | slunke | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | slinkande | |||
Past participle | slunken | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
See also
[edit]- slinta (“slip so as to (nearly) have an accident”)
Further reading
[edit]- slinka in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Fula Ordboken
- slinka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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