slota

slota

See also: Slota, slotā, słota, słotą, and Słota

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech slota, from Proto-Slavic *slota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslota]
• Hyphenation: slo‧ta

Noun

slota f

1. misery
2. bad weather

   Synonym: nečas

Declension

Declension of slota

	singular	plural
nominative	slota	sloty
genitive	sloty	slot
dative	slotě	slotám
accusative	slotu	sloty
vocative	sloto	sloty
locative	slotě	slotách
instrumental	slotou	slotami

Further reading

• slota in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• slota in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Latvian

Slota

Etymology

From an earlier verb *slot (“to slide, to slip; to wipe, to sweep”) (cf. Lithuanian šlúoti “to wipe, to sweep”), made into a second declension feminine noun in -a; the verb, in turn, came from Proto-Baltic *šlōw-, from Proto-Indo-European *slow-, *slow- (“to slide”), perhaps a parellel form of *ḱlew- (“to rinse, to clean, to slide”). From the same stem came also Latvian slaucīt (“to wipe, to sweep”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian šlúota.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sluôta]

Noun

slota f (4th declension)

1. broom, besom (utensil for sweeping, traditionally made with a bundle of twigs or straws tied together onto a shaft, more recently with a brush at the end of a long shaft)

   slotaskāts, slotaskāts ― broomstick

   krāsns slota ― oven broom (to wipe a baking oven)

   slaucīt pagalmu ar slotu ― to sweep the yard with a broom

   es ar slotu slaucīšu grīdu ― I will sweep the floor with a broom

   pērties ar bērza slotu ― to hit oneself with a birch broom (in a steam bath)

Declension

Declension of slota (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	slota	slotas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	slotu	slotas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	slotas	slotu
dative (datīvs)	slotai	slotām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	slotu	slotām
locative (lokatīvs)	slotā	slotās
vocative (vokatīvs)	slota	slotas

Related terms

• slaucīt
• slaukt

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “slota”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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Venetian

Noun

slot f (plural slote)

1. lump (of material)
2. divot

Synonyms

• sopa
• topa