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sleikja

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Faroese

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Etymology

From Old Norse sleikja, from Proto-Germanic *laigōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈslaiːt͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -aiːt͡ʃa

Verb

sleikja (third person singular past indicative sleikti, slokti, third person plural past indicative sleiktu, sloktu, supine sleikt, slokt)

  1. to lick

Conjugation

More information infinitive, supine ...

1Only the past participle being declined.

More information infinitive, supine ...

1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sleikja, from Proto-Germanic *laigōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-.

Verb

sleikja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sleikti, supine sleikt)

  1. to lick
Conjugation
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

sleikja f (genitive singular sleikju, nominative plural sleikjur)

  1. a kitchen utensil used to remove a baking mix from a bowl; a scrape
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
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