slidens

== Latvian == === Alternative forms === (dialectal form) slids === Etymology === From the same stem as Latvian slīdēt (“to slide”) and slaids (“slender, slim”): Proto-Baltic *slid +‎ -ens, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“slippery, to slide”). A dialectal variant slids (“slippery”), without the suffix, also exists (compare Lithuanian slidùs (“slippery”)). === Adjective === slidens (definite slidenais, comparative slidenāks, superlative visslidenākais, adverb slideni) slippery, slick (with a surface that has little attrition) slidens ceļš ― slippery path, road slidena virsma ― slippery surface slidens parkets ― slippery flooring slidenas kurpju zoles ― slippery shoe soles slidenas kāpnes ― slippery stairs (figuratively) slippery, slick (associated with risk, with difficulty) slidens pasākums ― a slippery, difficult enterprise, project diezgan slidena dzejas problēma ― the rather slippery problem of poetry ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== slidenums ==== Related terms ==== slīdēt slidot === References ===