slinks
English
Verb
slinks
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slink
Latvian
Etymology
From a (still dialectally attested) verb slinkt (“to creep, to crawl, to go slowly”) (compare Lithuanian sliñkti (“to crawl slowly”)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *slink-, from a reduced grade of Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (“to turn, to twist, to wind; to drag oneself, to creep, to crawl”) (perhaps in confluence with Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg-, *(s)leg- (“to be languid”)). The meaning went from “to crawl, to creep” to “to move slowly, lazily,” “to be lazy,” or, for the adjective slinks, from “slow-moving” to “lazy.” Cognates include Lithuanian sliñkas.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [slīnks]
Adjective
slinks (definite slinkais, comparative slinkāks, superlative visslinkākais, adverb slinki)
- lazy (who is given to idleness, who typically does not like, is reluctant to work, to do something)
- slinks darbinieks, talcinieks ― lazy employee, helper
- slinks strādnieks, skolnieks ― lazy worker, schoolchild
- slinks zirgs ― lazy horse
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of slinks
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | slinks | slinki | slinka | slinkas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | slinku | slinkus | slinku | slinkas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | slinka | slinku | slinkas | slinku | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | slinkam | slinkiem | slinkai | slinkām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | slinku | slinkiem | slinku | slinkām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | slinkā | slinkos | slinkā | slinkās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Related terms
- slinkums
- sliņķis
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “slinks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN