sloka

See also: slokā

English

Noun

sloka (plural slokas)

1. Alternative form of shloka
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 268:

     But it's not to be yet. There's a series of slokas to be recited.

Anagrams

• Solak, Kaslo, Sokal, Kolas, skoal, kolas, Lasko

Czech

Etymology

Word adopted from Sanskrit श्लोक (śloka) by Josef Jungmann with influence of his brother, Antonín Jan Jungmann, who studied Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsloka]

Noun

sloka f

1. stanza (unit of a poem)

   Synonyms: strofa; (dated) sloha

2. verse (section of a song)

Declension

Declension of sloka (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	sloka	sloky
genitive	sloky	slok
dative	sloce	slokám
accusative	sloku	sloky
vocative	sloko	sloky
locative	sloce	slokách
instrumental	slokou	slokami

Further reading

• “sloka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sloka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sloka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Latvian

Sloka

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *slankā-, formed by vowel gradation from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- “to cut, to twist, to wind, to meander; to crawl, to creep”. The original meaning was probably “crawler, creeper”, because of this bird's terrestrial habits and low flight. Cognates include Lithuanian slánka, slankà, slãnkė, Old Prussian slanke (“large woodcock”), Russian слу́ка (slúka), Ukrainian слу́ква (slúkva), Czech sluka, Polish słąka, śląka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [slùoka]

Noun

sloka f (4th declension)

1. woodcock (several bird species of the genus Scolopax, especially Scolopax rusticola)

   sloku riesta lidojums ― woodcock mating flight

   sloka dzīvo mitrākos lapu koku un jauktos mežos ― the woodcock lives in humid deciduous or mixed forests

   naktī pār purvu skrēja purva sloka... atvērtu knābi tā šāvās no vienas malas uz otru, rijot knišļus ― at night the swamp woodcock runs all over the swamp... it swings its open beak from side to side, swallowing small flies

Declension

Declension of sloka (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sloka	slokas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	slokas	sloku
dative (datīvs)	slokai	slokām
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sloku	slokas
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sloku	slokām
locative (lokatīvs)	slokā	slokās
vocative (vokatīvs)	sloka	slokas

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slòːka/, /slóːka/

Noun

slọ̄ka f

1. Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	slóka
gen. sing.	slóke
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	slóka	slóki	slóke
genitive (rodȋlnik)	slóke	slók	slók
dative (dajȃlnik)	slóki	slókama	slókam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	slóko	slóki	slóke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	slóki	slókah	slókah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	slóko	slókama	slókami

Further reading

• “sloka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “sloka”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Swedish

Verb

sloka (present slokar, preterite slokade, supine slokat, imperative sloka)

1. to slouch, to droop

Conjugation

Conjugation of sloka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sloka		—
supine	slokat		—
imperative	sloka		—
imper. plural1	sloken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	slokar	slokade	—	—
ind. plural1	sloka	slokade	—	—
subjunctive2	sloke	slokade	—	—
present participle		slokande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• slokörad

References

• sloka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sloka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sloka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• kolas, skola