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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slihtaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *slīkaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈslix.tɑz/
Adjective
*slihtaz
- slippery
- smooth; flat; level
Inflection
Declension of *slihtaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *slihtaz | *slihtai | *slihtō | *slihtôz | *slihtą, -atō | *slihtō |
| Accusative | *slihtanǭ | *slihtanz | *slihtǭ | *slihtōz | *slihtą, -atō | *slihtō |
| Genitive | *slihtas, -is | *slihtaizǫ̂ | *slihtaizōz | *slihtaizǫ̂ | *slihtas, -is | *slihtaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *slihtammai | *slihtaimaz | *slihtaizōi | *slihtaimaz | *slihtammai | *slihtaimaz |
| Instrumental | *slihtanō | *slihtaimiz | *slihtaizō | *slihtaimiz | *slihtanō | *slihtaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *slihtô | *slihtaniz | *slihtǭ | *slihtōniz | *slihtô | *slihtōnō |
| Accusative | *slihtanų | *slihtanunz | *slihtōnų | *slihtōnunz | *slihtô | *slihtōnō |
| Genitive | *slihtiniz | *slihtanǫ̂ | *slihtōniz | *slihtōnǫ̂ | *slihtiniz | *slihtanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *slihtini | *slihtammaz | *slihtōni | *slihtōmaz | *slihtini | *slihtammaz |
| Instrumental | *slihtinē | *slihtammiz | *slihtōnē | *slihtōmiz | *slihtinē | *slihtammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: sliht
- Middle English: sliȝt, slyȝt, slyght, sleght
- Scots: slicht
- English: slight
- Middle English: sliȝt, slyȝt, slyght, sleght
- Old Frisian: sliucht
- Saterland Frisian: sljucht
- West Frisian: sljocht
- Old Saxon: *sliht, *sleht
- Middle Low German: slicht; slecht (rarer)
- German Low German: slicht, slecht (often with split after standard German)
- Middle Low German: slicht; slecht (rarer)
- Old Dutch: *sliht, *sleht
- Middle Dutch: slicht, slecht
- Dutch: slecht (earlier also slicht)
- Afrikaans: sleg
- Dutch: slecht (earlier also slicht)
- Middle Dutch: slicht, slecht
- Old High German: sleht; *sliht
- Middle High German: sleht; sliht (northern; rather rare)
- German: schlecht; schlicht (partly from Low German)
- Yiddish: שלעכט (shlekht)
- Middle High German: sleht; sliht (northern; rather rare)
- Old Norse: sléttr
- Icelandic: sléttur
- Faroese: slættur
- Norwegian: slett
- Old Swedish: slǣtter
- Swedish: slät, slätt
- Danish: slet
- Westrobothnian: sljett
- Gutnish: slètur
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (slaihts)