"slak" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See slak in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *slakaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*slakaz}} Proto-Germanic *slakaz Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|adjective}} *slak Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-adj}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], slak [masculine, nominative, singular], slaku [feminine, nominative, singular], slak [neuter, nominative, singular], slakanā [accusative, masculine, singular], slakā [accusative, feminine, singular], slak [accusative, neuter, singular], slakas [genitive, masculine, singular], slakeʀā [feminine, genitive, singular], slakas [genitive, neuter, singular], slakumē [dative, masculine, singular], slakeʀē [dative, feminine, singular], slakumē [dative, neuter, singular], slaku [instrumental, masculine, singular], slakeʀu [feminine, instrumental, singular], slaku [instrumental, neuter, singular], slakē [masculine, nominative, plural], slakō [feminine, nominative, plural], slaku [neuter, nominative, plural], slakā [accusative, masculine, plural], slakā [accusative, feminine, plural], slaku [accusative, neuter, plural], slakeʀō [genitive, masculine, plural], slakeʀō [feminine, genitive, plural], slakeʀō [genitive, neuter, plural], slakēm [dative, masculine, plural], slakum [dative, masculine, plural], slakēm [dative, feminine, plural], slakum [dative, feminine, plural], slakēm [dative, neuter, plural], slakum [dative, neuter, plural], slakēm [instrumental, masculine, plural], slakum [instrumental, masculine, plural], slakēm [feminine, instrumental, plural], slakum [feminine, instrumental, plural], slakēm [instrumental, neuter, plural], slakum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. weak Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *waikw
    Sense id: en-slak-gmw-pro-adj-SBukAZyd Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. slack Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *slaiw
    Sense id: en-slak-gmw-pro-adj-h3w67IMs Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: slakōn
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0
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      "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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        }
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      "text": "Old Saxon: slak (“slack, cowardly”)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "slak"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: slak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: slak"
    },
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        }
      ],
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "(partially)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: schlack (partially)"
    },
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        }
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          "expansion": "Middle High German: slach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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    {
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "slakeʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "slakumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakeʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakeʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slaku",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "slakeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "adjective"
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      "expansion": "*slak",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slak",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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      "glosses": [
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          "word": "*slaiw"
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}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-West Germanic a-stem adjectives",
    "Proto-West Germanic adjectives",
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "slakōn"
    }
  ],
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: slæc, sleac, slec\nMiddle English: slak\nEnglish: slack\nScots: slak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: slak (“slack, cowardly”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "slak"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: slak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: slak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds",
            "2": "slak"
          },
          "expansion": "Low German: slak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: slak"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "schlack",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ German: schlack",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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      ],
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    },
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        }
      ],
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
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    }
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    {
      "form": "slak",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "slaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slak",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slak",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakeʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakeʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakeʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "*slak",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slak",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "weak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*waikw"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "slack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slack",
          "slack"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*slaiw"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "slak"
}

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