slicht
English
/slɪxt/
adjective
Definitions
- (regional) Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English slight (of poor quality, bad, also meaning smooth level, slim, smooth, slender, unimportant, level, trivial) inherited from Old English sliht (smooth, level) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (flat, smooth, slippery, plain, level).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*slihtaz
Gloss
flat, smooth, slippery, plain, level
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- slight English
- Schlechtigkeit German
- grottenschlecht German
- schlecht German
- schlechtreden German
- spottschlecht German
- inslecht Dutch, Flemish
- slecht Dutch, Flemish
- slechterik Dutch, Flemish
- slechtgehumeurd Dutch, Flemish
- slechts Dutch, Flemish
- slechtziend Dutch, Flemish
- *slihtaz Proto-Germanic
- ligetsliht Old English
- sliht Old English
- sleght Middle English
- sleight Middle English
- sleȝt Middle English
- slight Middle English
- sliȝt Middle English
- slyȝt Middle English
- sléttr Old Norse
- slet Danish
- slecht Middle Dutch
- arg Old High German
- sleht Old High German
- sleg Afrikaans
- sleht Middle High German
- sliht Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *sleht Old Dutch