*slakaz

Runic: ᛊᛚᚨᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈslɑ.kɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

weak
slack

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *slogos, from the root *(s)leg- (‘to weaken’). Compare Old Irish lacc (‘slack’), Latin laxus (‘slack, loose’), Tocharian A slākkär (‘sad’), and perhaps Ancient Greek λαγαρός (lagarós) (lagarós, ‘slack, loose; thin, weak’) and Sanskrit श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇa) (ślakṣṇa, ‘tender, soft’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	slakaz	slakō	slaką, -at, -atō	slakai	slakôz	slakō
Acc.	slakanǭ	slakǭ	slaką, -at, -atō	slakanz	slakōz	slakō
Gen.	slakas, slakis	slakaizōz	slakas, slakis	slakaizǫ̂	slakaizǫ̂	slakaizǫ̂
Dat.	slakammai	slakaizōi	slakammai	slakaimaz	slakaimaz	slakaimaz
Inst.	slakanō	slakaizō	slakanō	slakaimiz	slakaimiz	slakaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	slakô	slakǭ	slakô	slakaniz	slakōniz	slakōnō
Acc.	slakanų	slakōnų	slakô	slakanunz	slakōnunz	slakōnō
Gen.	slakiniz	slakōniz	slakiniz	slakanǫ̂	slakōnǫ̂	slakanǫ̂
Dat.	slakini	slakōni	slakini	slakammaz	slakōmaz	slakammaz
Inst.	slakinē	slakōnē	slakinē	slakammiz	slakōmiz	slakammiz

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Descendants

*slak (Proto-West Germanic)
- *slac (Old Dutch)
  - slac (Middle Dutch)
    - slak (Dutch)
*slak (Proto-West Germanic)
- slæc, sleac, slec (Old English)
  - slak (Middle English)
    - slack (English)
    - slak (Scots)
*slak (Proto-West Germanic)
- slach (Old High German)
  - slach (Middle High German)
    - schlack, schlach (German)
*slak (Proto-West Germanic)
- slak (Old Saxon)
  - slak (Middle Low German)
    - slak (Low German)
      - schlack (German)
slakr (Old Norse)
- slakur (Icelandic)
- slak (Swedish)
slakr (Old Norse)
- ? (Norwegian)
  - slak (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - slak (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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