slinks

English

Verb

slinks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slink

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

slinks (comparative slinkser, superlative meest slinks or slinkst)

1. sneaky, underhanded, sly

Declension

Declension of slinks
uninflected	slinks
inflected	slinkse
comparative	slinkser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		slinks	slinkser	het slinkst het slinkste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	slinkse	slinksere	slinkste
	n. sing.	slinks	slinkser	slinkste
	plural	slinkse	slinksere	slinkste
definite		slinkse	slinksere	slinkste
partitive		slinks	slinksers	—

Derived terms

• slinksheid

Latvian

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.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [slīnks]

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Adjective

slinks (definite slinkais, comparative slinkāks, superlative visslinkākais, adverb slinki)

1. lazy (who is given to idleness, who typically does not like, is reluctant to work, to do something)

   slinks darbinieks, talcinieks ― lazy employee, helper

   slinks strādnieks, skolnieks ― lazy worker, schoolchild

   slinks zirgs ― lazy horse

Declension

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	slinks	slinki		slinka	slinkas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	slinku	slinkus		slinku	slinkas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	slinka	slinku		slinkas	slinku
dative (datīvs)	slinkam	slinkiem		slinkai	slinkām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	slinku	slinkiem		slinku	slinkām
locative (lokatīvs)	slinkā	slinkos		slinkā	slinkās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of slinks

Related terms

• slinkums
• sliņķis

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “slinks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN