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sloth

(Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/sləʊθ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

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