"slinks" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-slinks.ogg
Head templates: {{nl-adj}} slinks (comparative slinkser, superlative meest slinks or slinkst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj}} Forms: slinkser [comparative], meest slinks [superlative], slinkst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], slinks [adverbial, positive, predicative], slinkser [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het slinkst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het slinkste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], slinkse [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], slinksere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], slinkste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], slinks [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], slinkser [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], slinkste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], slinkse [indefinite, plural, positive], slinksere [comparative, indefinite, plural], slinkste [indefinite, plural, superlative], slinkse [definite, positive], slinksere [comparative, definite], slinkste [definite, superlative], slinks [partitive, positive], slinksers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} slinks

Adjective [Latvian]

IPA: [slīnks]
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. Etymology templates: {{m|lv|slinkt||to creep, to crawl, to go slowly}} slinkt (“to creep, to crawl, to go slowly”), {{cog|lt|sliñkti||to crawl slowly}} Lithuanian sliñkti (“to crawl slowly”), {{inh|lv|ine-bsl-pro|*slink-}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *slink-, {{inh|lv|ine-pro|*slenk-||to turn, to twist, to wind; to drag oneself, to creep, to crawl}} Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (“to turn, to twist, to wind; to drag oneself, to creep, to crawl”), {{inh|lv|ine-pro|*(s)lēg-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg-, {{m|ine-pro|*(s)leg-||to be languid}} *(s)leg- (“to be languid”), {{m|lv|slinks}} slinks, {{cog|lt|sliñkas}} Lithuanian sliñkas Head templates: {{head|lv|adjective|||definite|slinkais|comparative|slinkāks|superlative|visslinkākais|adverb|slinki|cat2=|cat3=}} slinks (definite slinkais, comparative slinkāks, superlative visslinkākais, adverb slinki), {{lv-adj|slink}} slinks (definite slinkais, comparative slinkāks, superlative visslinkākais, adverb slinki) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-adj|slink|extrawidth=-100}} Forms: slinkais [definite], slinkāks [comparative], visslinkākais [superlative], slinki [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], slinks [indefinite, masculine, nominative, singular], slinki [indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], slinka [feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], slinkas [feminine, indefinite, nominative, plural], slinku [accusative, indefinite, masculine, singular], slinkus [accusative, indefinite, masculine, plural], slinku [accusative, feminine, indefinite, singular], slinkas [accusative, feminine, indefinite, plural], slinka [genitive, indefinite, masculine, singular], slinku [genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], slinkas [feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], slinku [feminine, genitive, indefinite, plural], slinkam [dative, indefinite, masculine, singular], slinkiem [dative, indefinite, masculine, plural], slinkai [dative, feminine, indefinite, singular], slinkām [dative, feminine, indefinite, plural], slinku [indefinite, instrumental, masculine, singular], slinkiem [indefinite, instrumental, masculine, plural], slinku [feminine, indefinite, instrumental, singular], slinkām [feminine, indefinite, instrumental, plural], slinkā [indefinite, locative, masculine, singular], slinkos [indefinite, locative, masculine, plural], slinkā [feminine, indefinite, locative, singular], slinkās [feminine, indefinite, locative, plural], - [indefinite, masculine, singular, vocative], - [indefinite, masculine, plural, vocative], - [feminine, indefinite, singular, vocative], - [feminine, indefinite, plural, vocative]

Inflected forms

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        "masculine",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        {
          "english": "lazy employee, helper",
          "text": "slinks darbinieks, talcinieks",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "lazy worker, schoolchild",
          "text": "slinks strādnieks, skolnieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "lazy horse",
          "text": "slinks zirgs",
          "type": "example"
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          "idleness",
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        [
          "typical",
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        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work#English"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do#English"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "slinkums"
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        {
          "word": "sliņķis"
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      "ipa": "[slīnks]"
    }
  ],
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}
{
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    {
      "word": "slinksheid"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "slinkser",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "meest slinks",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "slinkser",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "het slinkst",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het slinkste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "predicative",
        "superlative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "slinkse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinksere",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkste",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "superlative"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "superlative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "slinks",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "positive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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    }
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}

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}

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    }
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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        "adverb"
      ]
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      "form": "slinks",
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinku",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "slinkām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "slinkām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slinkās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "10": "visslinkākais",
        "11": "adverb",
        "12": "slinki",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "definite",
        "6": "slinkais",
        "7": "comparative",
        "8": "slinkāks",
        "9": "superlative",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "slinks (definite slinkais, comparative slinkāks, superlative visslinkākais, adverb slinki)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "slink"
      },
      "expansion": "slinks (definite slinkais, comparative slinkāks, superlative visslinkākais, adverb slinki)",
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "slink",
        "extrawidth": "-100"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "slinkums"
    },
    {
      "word": "sliņķis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Latvian adjectives",
        "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
        "Latvian lemmas",
        "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latvian terms with usage examples",
        "Latvian words with level intonation"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "lazy employee, helper",
          "text": "slinks darbinieks, talcinieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "lazy worker, schoolchild",
          "text": "slinks strādnieks, skolnieks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "lazy horse",
          "text": "slinks zirgs",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lazy (who is given to idleness, who typically does not like, is reluctant to work, to do something)"
      ],
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        [
          "lazy",
          "lazy"
        ],
        [
          "idleness",
          "idleness#English"
        ],
        [
          "typical",
          "typical#English"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work#English"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[slīnks]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slinks"
}

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