slink
Mane (English)
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- To sneak about furtively.
- To give birth to an animal prematurely.
Synonyms
take to one’s heels
make one’s gateway
prematurely born child
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/slɪŋk/
Etîmolojî (English)
In summary
From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”). Cognate with West Frisian slinke, Dutch slinken (“to shrink; shrivel”), Low German slinken, Swedish slinka (“to glide”). Compare also German schleichen (“to slink”). More at sleek.
Vê nîşan bike
Bilêvkirina xwe baştir bike
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