slafan

Cimbrian

Verb

slafan

  1. (Thirteen Communities) to sleep

References
  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slab- (“be weak, limp, languid”). Compare Old Saxon slāpan, Old English slǣpan. More at sleep.

Verb

slāfan

  1. to sleep

Conjugation
Conjugation of slāfan (strong class 7)
infinitive slāfan
indicative present past
1st person singular slāfu sliaf
2nd person singular slāfis sliafi
3rd person singular slāfit sliaf
1st person plural slāfem, slāfemes sliafum, sliafumes
2nd person plural slāfet sliafut
3rd person plural slāfant sliafun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular slāfe sliafi
2nd person singular slāfes sliafis
3rd person singular slāfe sliafi
1st person plural slāfem, slāfemes sliafim, sliafimes
2nd person plural slāfet sliafit
3rd person plural slāfen sliafin
imperative present
singular slāf
plural slāfet
participle present past
slāfanti gislāfan

Descendants

Volapük

Noun

slafan (plural slafans)

  1. A male or female slave.

Declension
declension of slafan
singular plural
nominative slafan slafans
genitive slafana slafanas
dative slafane slafanes
accusative slafani slafanis
vocative 1 o slafan! o slafans!
predicative 2 slafanu slafanus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
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