slaf

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *slap-, related to *slēpaną (“to sleep”), whence also Old Norse slappi.

Adjective

slaf

  1. slack
Descendants
  • Middle High German: slaf

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz, whence also Old Saxon slāp, Old English slǣp.

Noun

slāf m

  1. sleep
  2. sleepiness
Declension
Declension of slāf (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative slāf slāfa
accusative slāf slāfa
genitive slāfes slāfo
dative slāfe slāfum
instrumental slāfu —
Descendants

References
  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Further reading
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “slapp”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453

Volapük

Noun

slaf (nominative plural slafs)

  1. slavery

Declension
declension of slaf
singular plural
nominative slaf slafs
genitive slafa slafas
dative slafe slafes
accusative slafi slafis
vocative 1 o slaf! o slafs!
predicative 2 slafu slafus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • yslaf

Etymology

From English slave.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /slaːv/
  • Rhymes: -aːv

Noun

slaf m (plural slafiaid, not mutable)

  1. slave, drudge
    Synonym: caethwas

Derived terms
  • slafio

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
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