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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *slakwjaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_slakwjaną</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_lat_langueo" xml:lang="lat" type="cognate">
          <orth>langueo</orth>
          <def>to be faint</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_lit_slegti" xml:lang="lit" type="cognate">
          <orth>slė́gti</orth>
          <def>to press, squeeze</def>
        </item>
      </list>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_slakwjana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slakwjaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>slakwjaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈslɑkʷ.jɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛊᛚᚨᚲᚹᛃᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Weak class 1</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>(transitive) to quench, extinguish</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Causative of *slekwaną (‘to extinguish, go out’). Seebold leaves the origin open, while Orel compares Lithuanian <mentioned xml:lang="lit" target="#cog_lit_slegti"><ref target="#cog_lit_slegti">slė́gti</ref></mentioned> (‘to press, squeeze’) and Latin <mentioned xml:lang="lat" target="#cog_lat_langueo"><ref target="#cog_lat_langueo">langueo</ref></mentioned> (‘to be faint’), apparently considering the verb related to *slakaz (‘weak, slack’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>slakwjō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>slakwjaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>slakwjai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>slakwisi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>slakwjais</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>slakwi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>slakwjasai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>slakwjaisau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>slakwiþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>slakwjai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>slakwjaþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>slakwjaþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>slakwjaiþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>slakwjōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>slakwjaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>slakwjaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>slakwjaiþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>slakwjaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>slakwiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjaiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>slakwiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjanþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjanþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>slakwjainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>slakwidǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>slakwidēdį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>slakwidēz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>slakwidēdīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>slakwidē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>slakwidēdī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>slakwidēdū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>slakwidēdīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>slakwidēdudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>slakwidēdīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>slakwidēdum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>slakwidēdīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>slakwidēdud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>slakwidēdīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>slakwidēdun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>slakwidēdīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>slakwjandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>slakwidaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>slakwjaną</orth>
            </form>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sløkkva</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                    <orth>slettja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>sløkkja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Gutnish</lang>
                    <orth>släkke</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>slökkva</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>slokke</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>sløkkja, slekkja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Scanian</lang>
                    <orth>sløkka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sløkkva</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>slukkæ, slykkæ, sløkkæ, slækkiæ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>slukke</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>slukke</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sløkkva</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>slækkia</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>släcka</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>slekkja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                    <orth>slettja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>sløkkja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Gutnish</lang>
                    <orth>släkke</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>slökkva</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>slokke</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>sløkkja, slekkja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Scanian</lang>
                    <orth>sløkka</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>slekkja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>slukkæ, slykkæ, sløkkæ, slækkiæ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>slukke</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>slukke</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>slekkja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>slækkia</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>släcka</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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