sloo

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

sloo (plural sloos)

  1. A slough; a run or wet place.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sloo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Manx

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sluː/

Etymology 1

Compound of s' (particle used to introduce the superlative form of adjectives) +‎ loo

Adjective

sloo

  1. superlative degree of beg (“small, few”)
    • T'eh ny sloo ny kishtey arran ― It is smaller than a box of bread.
    • Ny sloo na blein ny yei e vaase. ― Within a year of his death. (literally, “Smaller than a year after his death.”)

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²sluː/

Noun

sloo

  1. Larger piece of fabric, larger patch of cloth, rag.
Declension
Declension of sloo.
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sloo sloa sloo sloern
accusative sloo sloa sloo sloern
dative   sloon   sloåm
genitive slo-   slo-  
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