sluis

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) sluys === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slœy̯s/ Hyphenation: sluis Rhymes: -œy̯s Homophone: Sluis === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch sluse, from Old Dutch slūsa, from Late Latin exclūsa, sclūsa (“sluice”), from exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“to shut out, to exclude”). Cognate to English sluice. ==== Noun ==== sluis f (plural sluizen, diminutive sluisje n) sluice, lock ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → German: Schleuse→? Pannonian Rusyn: шлайс (šlajs)→ Polish: śluza→ Silesian: szlojsa → Sranan Tongo: sroisi → Caribbean Hindustani: soroisi → Caribbean Javanese: sorsi === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== sluis inflection of sluizen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English sluice or French sluice. === Noun === sluis n (plural sluisuri) (mining) sluice ==== Declension ====