英语词汇“Indo-European root: slēg-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: slēg-

释义

‌‌slēg-
Also lēg-.
To be slack, be languid. Possibly related to slēb- through a hypothetical base *slē‑ (< earlier *sleə₁‑). Zero-grade form *sləg‑, becoming *slag‑.

slack¹, from Old English slæc, "loose," indolent, careless, from Germanic *slak‑.
Suffixed form *lag-so‑. lax, lease, lessor; relax, release, relish, from Latin laxus, loose, slack.
Suffixed nasalized form *la-n-g-u‑. laches, languid, languish, lush¹, from Latin languēre, to be languid.
Compound *lag-ous‑, "with drooping ears" (*ous‑, ear; see ous-). lagomorph, from Greek lagōs, lagos, hare.
Suffixed form *lag-no‑. algolagnia, from Greek lagnos, lustful, lascivious.
Basic form *slēg‑. catalectic, from Greek lēgein, to leave off.

[Pokorny (s)lēg‑ 959.]

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