sloka
English
Noun
sloka (plural slokas)
- Alternative form of shloka
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 268:
- But it's not to be yet. There's a series of slokas to be recited.
Czech
Etymology
Word adopted from Sanskrit श्लोक (śloka) by Josef Jungmann[1] with influence of his brother, Antonín Jan Jungmann, who studied Sanskrit.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsloka]
Declension
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References
- Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “sloka”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 640
- Machek, Václav (1968), “sloka”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 556
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *slankā-, formed by vowel gradation from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- “to cut, to twist, to wind, to meander; to crawl, to creep”. The original meaning was probably “crawler, creeper”, because of this bird's terrestrial habits and low flight. Cognates include Lithuanian slánka, slankà, slãnkė, Old Prussian slanke (“large woodcock”), Russian слу́ка (slúka), Ukrainian слу́ква (slúkva), Czech sluka, Polish słąka, śląka.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [slùoka]
Noun
sloka f (4th declension)
- woodcock (several bird species of the genus Scolopax, especially Scolopax rusticola)
- sloku riesta lidojums ― woodcock mating flight
- sloka dzīvo mitrākos lapu koku un jauktos mežos ― the woodcock lives in humid deciduous or mixed forests
- naktī pār purvu skrēja purva sloka... atvērtu knābi tā šāvās no vienas malas uz otru, rijot knišļus ― at night the swamp woodcock runs all over the swamp... it swings its open beak from side to side, swallowing small flies
Declension
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | slokas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sloku | slokas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | slokas | sloku |
| dative (datīvs) | slokai | slokām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sloku | slokām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | slokā | slokās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | slokas |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sloka”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *slǫ̀ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slòːka/, /slóːka/
Inflection
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Further reading
- “sloka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Verb
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Conjugation
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