slet

Deverbal from sletět.

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɛt]
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: slet

slet m inan

1. flight downwards
2. gathering

• “slet”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “slet”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “slet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

• lest

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɛd̥]
• Homophone: slæt

From Old Norse sléttr, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz, cognate with English slight, German slecht, slicht, with meaning influenced by Middle Low German slicht, slecht.

stem=slett

slet (plural and definite singular attributive slete)

1. bad
2. evil
3. (archaic) plain

slet

1. at all (always before the negation: slet ikke, slet ingen)
2. simply - in the phrase slet og ret (“simply”)
3. quite - in the phrase ikke slet så (“not quite as”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

slet

1. imperative of slette

From Middle Dutch slette. In the semantic ‘loose woman’ earliest attested in 1599; a similar development is also visible in bel.

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• IPA^(key): /slɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

slet f (plural sletten, diminutive sletje n)

1. (vulgar, often derogatory) slut

   Synonyms: slettebak, sloerie, kech, motjo, snol, del, slons, lellebel, lichtekooi

2. (archaic, dialectal) rag, cloth
   • 1725, "Lofsang. 108. 109" (Psalm 109, verse 24), Lieue telim. Dat is Loovingen Godes of lof-sangen van David page 292.
   • 26. Myn' knijen wierden door / 't vaſten ſlap als een ſlet: / En maager wierd myn vlees, / het wellek eerſt was vet.

     Fasting made my knees weak as a piece of cloth, and my flesh, which once was fat, became meagre.

• Lets, stel

slet

1. alternative form of sleighte

slet

1. alternative form of slete

• sleit

slet

1. simple past of slite

slet

1. past indicative of slita

• stel