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[Slota]
** Czech
*** Etymology
[cs], from [cs].
*** Pronunciation
- [cs-IPA]
- [cs]
*** Noun
[f]
1. misery
2. bad weather
**** Declension
[f]
*** Further reading
- [R:cs:PSJC]
- [R:cs:SSJC]
- [R:cs:IJP]
[cs]
** Latvian
*** Etymology
From an earlier verb [lv] (cf. [lt] [lv] “to wipe, to sweep”), made into a
second declension feminine noun in _-a_; the verb, in turn, came from [lv]
[ine-bsl-pro], from [lv], [ine-pro], perhaps a parellel form of [ine-pro].
From the same stem came also [lv] (q.v.). Cognates include [lt].[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [sluôta]
[lv]
*** Noun
[f]
1. broom , besom [utensil for sweep ing, traditional ly made with a bundle of twig s or straw s tie d together onto a shaft , more recently with a brush at the end of a long shaft]
**** Declension
[slot]
**** Related terms
- [lv]
- [lv]
*** References
References:
[1]. [R:lv:LEV]
** Old Czech
*** Etymology
[zlw-ocs].
*** Pronunciation
- [zlw-ocs-IPA]
*** Noun
[g=f]
1. bad weather
**** Declension
[f]
*** Further reading
- [R:zlw-ocs:Gebauer]
** Old English
*** Alternative forms
- [ang]
*** Etymology
[ang]. If _sloca_ be the original form, then perhaps related to or derived
from [gem-pro], [ang].
*** Pronunciation
- [slota]
*** Noun
[m]
1. bit , morsel , mouthful
**** Declension
[slot]
**** Descendants
- [enm]
- [en]
** Slovak
*** Pronunciation
- [sk-IPA]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [sk] bad weather
2. [sk] inconvenience , difficulty
**** Declension
[f]
*** Further reading
- [R:sk:SDK]
** Venetan
*** Noun
[slot]
1. lump (of material)
2. divot
**** Synonyms
- [vec]
- [vec]