slak

Inherited from Dutch slak, from Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *slikkō.

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slak (plural slakke)

1. snail

 

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• IPA^(key): /slɑk/
• Hyphenation: slak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

From Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch *slekki (attested in personal names), from Proto-Germanic *slikkō, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).^[1] Cognate with Luxembourgish Schleek, German Low German Slacke, Slack (“snail”).

• slek (dialectal)

slak f or m (plural slakken, diminutive slakje n)

1. snail, slug (any gastropod)

• Afrikaans: slak

From Middle Low German slagge, whence also German Schlacke, English slag. See the latter.

slak f (plural slakken)

1. slag (the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore)
2. hard, molten leftovers of burnt coal and other solid fuels

• klas

From Old Norse slakr.

slak (masculine and feminine slak, neuter slakt, definite singular and plural slake, comparative slakere, indefinite superlative slakest, definite superlative slakeste)

1. slack (rope, sails)
2. gentle (curve, slope)
3. loose (ice)
4. weak, feeble

• “slak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “slak_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Old Norse slakr.

slak (neuter slakt, definite singular and plural slake, comparative slakare, indefinite superlative slakast, definite superlative slakaste)

1. slack (rope, sails)
2. gentle (curve, slope)
3. loose (ice)
4. weak, feeble

• slakk

• “slak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ.

• IPA^(key): /slâːk/

slȃk m (Cyrillic spelling сла̑к)

1. bindweed

• “slak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Inherited from Old Swedish slaker, from Old Norse slakr, from Proto-Germanic *slakaz.

slak (comparative slakare, superlative slakast)

1. slack, not taut (of something that can be taut, like a rope or sail or hanging flag)

   Antonyms: styv, spänd

2. flaccid (of a penis)

   Antonyms: erigerad, styv

3. (figuratively) weak, powerless

   Hon kände sig slak i benen

   Her legs felt weak ("She felt untaut in the legs")

• slakna

• slapp

• slak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• slak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• slak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• slak in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

From Proto-Germanic *slikkō, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).^[1]

slak c (plural slakken, diminutive slakje)

1. snail

• “slak (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011