sleva

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from slevit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslɛva]

• Audio:

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Noun

sleva f

1. discount (reduction in price)

   Můžete mi dát slevu, pane?

   Can you give me a discount, sir?

Declension

Declension of sleva (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	sleva	slevy
genitive	slevy	slev
dative	slevě	slevám
accusative	slevu	slevy
vocative	slevo	slevy
locative	slevě	slevách
instrumental	slevou	slevami

Derived terms

• množstevní sleva f
• sezónní sleva f

Further reading

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsleːva/
• Rhymes: -eːva
• Homophone: slevað

Verb

sleva (third person singular past indicative slevaði, third person plural past indicative slevaðu, supine slevað)

1. to slaver
2. to drool

Declension

Conjugation of sleva (group v-30)

infinitive	sleva
supine	slevað
	present	past
first singular	slevi	slevaði
second singular	slevar	slevaði
third singular	slevar	slevaði
plural	sleva	slevaðu
participle (a6)1	slevandi	slevaður
	imperative
singular	sleva!
plural	slevið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sleva (present tense slevar, past tense sleva, past participle sleva, passive infinitive slevast, present participle slevande, imperative sleva/slev)

1. alternative form of sleve

Noun

sleva f (definite singular sleva, indefinite plural slever or slevor, definite plural slevene or slevone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of sleve

Swedish

Etymology

slev +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sleːva/

Verb

sleva (present slevar, preterite slevade, supine slevat, imperative sleva)

1. to serve (or move) food with a large spoon

   Matpersonalen i storköket slevade upp nedramlad mat från golvet

   The cooking staff in the school kitchen picked up (and later served) food that had fallen on the floor

2. (sleva i sig) to gulp down, to eat quickly (as if with a large spoon)

   jag slevade i mig den ena obskyra fiskrätten efter den andra

   I gulped down one obscure fish dish after the other

Conjugation

Conjugation of sleva (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sleva		slevas
supine	slevat		slevats
imperative	sleva		—
imper. plural1	sleven		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	slevar	slevade	slevas	slevades
ind. plural1	sleva	slevade	slevas	slevades
subjunctive2	sleve	slevade	sleves	slevades
present participle		slevande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “sleva”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sleva”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• elvas, laves, svale