slafan

== Cimbrian == === Alternative forms === slaafan, slavan === Etymology === From Middle High German slāfen, from Old High German slāfan. Cognate with German schlafen, English sleep. === Verb === slafan (Tredici Comuni) to sleep === References === Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *slāpan. Compare Old Saxon slāpan, Old English slǣpan. More at sleep. === Verb === slāfan to sleep ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: slāfenAlemannic German: schlaaffe, schlooffeBadisch: schlofeItalian Walser: schloafe, schloafen, schlofe, schlàfu, schlaafäBavarian:Central Bavarian: schloffaCimbrian: slaafan, slafan, slavanMòcheno: schlovenSouth Tyrolean: schlofn, sghlofnCentral Franconian: schlofeHunsrik: schlofeLuxembourgish: schlofenGerman: schlafenRhine Franconian: schlofePennsylvania German: schlofeVilamovian: šłöfa, śłöfaYiddish: שלאָפֿן (shlofn) == Volapük == === Noun === slafan (genitive slafana, plural slafans) A male or female slave. ==== Declension ====