sluw in All languages combined

IPA: /slyu̯/ Audio: Nl-sluw.ogg

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Rhymes: -yu̯ 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. Attested since the late 18th century. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|nds|slu}} Low German slu, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*slūhaz|t=sneaking, creeping}} Proto-Germanic *slūhaz (“sneaking, creeping”), {{der|nl|ine-pro|*(s)leuǵ|t=to crawl, slide}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)leuǵ (“to crawl, slide”) Head templates: {{nl-adj}} sluw (comparative sluwer, superlative sluwst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj}} Forms: sluwer [comparative], sluwst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], sluw [adverbial, positive, predicative], sluwer [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het sluwst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het sluwste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], sluwe [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], sluwere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], sluwste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], sluw [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], sluwer [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], sluwste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], sluwe [indefinite, plural, positive], sluwere [comparative, indefinite, plural], sluwste [indefinite, plural, superlative], sluwe [definite, positive], sluwere [comparative, definite], sluwste [definite, superlative], sluws [partitive, positive], sluwers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]

Inflected forms

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      "word": "slu"
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      "slu#Low_German"
    ],
    [
      "*slūhaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slūhaz"
    ],
    [
      "*(s)leuǵ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)leuǵ"
    ]
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)leuǵ",
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      },
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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        "predicative"
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        "singular"
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        "superlative"
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        "positive",
        "singular"
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      ]
    },
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        "positive"
      ]
    },
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        "partitive"
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "sluwaard"
        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "sluwerd"
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        {
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        {
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      "id": "en-sluw-nl-adj-puaNz1C9",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-yu̯"
    }
  ],
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}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "sluw als een vos"
    },
    {
      "word": "sluwaard"
    },
    {
      "word": "sluwe vos"
    },
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      "word": "sluwerd"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "sluwig"
    }
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)leuǵ"
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      "form": "het sluwst",
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        "plural",
        "superlative"
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        "definite"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sluwste",
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        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluws",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sluwers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
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        "superlative"
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        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/yu̯",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/yu̯/1 syllable"
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    {
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"sluw" meaning in All languages combined

Adjective [Dutch]

Inflected forms