slepy

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === slepi, slepie sclepy (Late Middle English) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English *slǣpiġ; equivalent to slep (“sleep”) +‎ -y (“-y”). === Adjective === slepy sleepy (liable to sleep) sleepy (soporific; causing sleep) sleepy (lazy, sluggish) (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, derived adverb slepje) blind (unable to see) ==== Declension ==== === References === “slepy” in Soblex