slive
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See also: сливе
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English sliven, from Old English slīfan (“to cleave, split”), from Proto-Germanic *slībaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”).
Verb[edit]
slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past slove or slived, past participle sliven or slived)
- (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cut; split; separate.
- (transitive, obsolete or dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To cut or slice something off; separate by slicing.
Noun[edit]
slive (plural slives)
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Etymology 2[edit]
Perhaps related to slip.
Verb[edit]
slive (third-person singular simple present slives, present participle sliving, simple past and past participle slived)
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Slovene[edit]
Noun[edit]
slíve
- inflection of slíva:
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