sluw
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German slu, probably from a Proto-Germanic *slūhaz (“sneaking, creeping”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leuǵ (“to crawl, slide”), if the original sense referred to sneaking and sliding.[1]. Attested since the late 18th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slyu̯/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: sluw
- Rhymes: -yu̯
Adjective
sluw (comparative sluwer, superlative sluwst)
- sly, cunning
Inflection
| Inflection of sluw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | sluw | |||
| inflected | sluwe | |||
| comparative | sluwer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | sluw | sluwer | het sluwst het sluwste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | sluwe | sluwere | sluwste |
| n. sing. | sluw | sluwer | sluwste | |
| plural | sluwe | sluwere | sluwste | |
| definite | sluwe | sluwere | sluwste | |
| partitive | sluws | sluwers | — | |
Derived terms
- sluwaard
- sluwerd
- sluwe vos
- sluwheid
- sluwig
Descendants
- Afrikaans: slu
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “sluw”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute