slota

Inherited from Old Czech slota, from Proto-Slavic *slota.

• IPA^(key): [ˈslota]
• Hyphenation: slo‧ta

slota f

1. misery
2. bad weather

   Synonym: nečas

• slota in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• slota in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• slota in Internetová jazyková příručka

From an earlier verb *slot (“to slide, to slip; to wipe, to sweep”) (cf. Lithuanian šlúoti “to wipe, to sweep”), made into a second declension feminine noun in -a; the verb, in turn, came from Proto-Baltic *šlōw-, from Proto-Indo-European *slow-, *slow- (“to slide”), perhaps a parellel form of *ḱlew- (“to rinse, to clean, to slide”). From the same stem came also Latvian slaucīt (“to wipe, to sweep”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian šlúota.[1]

• IPA^(key): [sluôta]

slota f (4th declension)

1. broom, besom (utensil for sweeping, traditionally made with a bundle of twigs or straws tied together onto a shaft, more recently with a brush at the end of a long shaft)

   slotaskāts, slotaskāts ― broomstick

   krāsns slota ― oven broom (to wipe a baking oven)

   slaucīt pagalmu ar slotu ― to sweep the yard with a broom

   es ar slotu slaucīšu grīdu ― I will sweep the floor with a broom

   pērties ar bērza slotu ― to hit oneself with a birch broom (in a steam bath)

• slaucīt
• slaukt

slot f (plural slote)

1. lump (of material)
2. divot

• sopa
• topa