slaf

== Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slɑːf/ === Verb === slāf first/third-person singular preterite indicative of slīfan == Old High German == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *slap-, related to *slēpaną (“to sleep”), whence also Old Norse slappi. ==== Adjective ==== slaf slack ===== Descendants ===== Middle High German: slaf German: schlaff === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz, whence also Old Saxon slāp, Old English slǣp. ==== Noun ==== slāf m sleep sleepiness ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== slāfan ===== Descendants ===== Middle High German: slāf Alemannic German: Schloof German: Schlaf Hunsrik: Schlof Luxembourgish: Schlof Pennsylvania German: Schlof Vilamovian: šłȫf, śłöf Yiddish: שלאָף (shlof) ==== References ==== Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “slaf”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition === Further reading === Kroonen, Guus (2013), “slapp”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schlaf, from schlafen (“to sleep”). First attested in 1913. === Noun === slaf c (colloquial) bunk (place to sleep) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== underslaf överslaf ==== See also ==== slafa === Further reading === “slaf”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Volapük == === Noun === slaf (genitive slafa, plural slafs) slavery ==== Declension ==== == Welsh == === Alternative forms === yslaf === Etymology === Borrowed from English slave. Doublet of Slaf (“Slav”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slaːv/ Rhymes: -aːv === Noun === slaf m (plural slafiaid or slafys or slâfs, not mutable) slave, drudge Synonym: caethwas ==== Derived terms ==== slafio (“to enslave”) === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “slaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies