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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Low Germanslagge,slaggen(“slag, dross”),fromOld Saxon*slaggo,fromProto-West Germanic*slaggō,fromProto-Germanic*slaggô,fromProto-Germanic*slagōną(“to strike”)+*-gô(diminutive suffix).Compare Middle Low Germanslāgen(“to strike”),since originally the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering, from*slagōn,from Proto-West Germanic*slagōn.Compare alsoOld Saxonslegi,from Proto-West Germanic*slagi.

See alsoDutchslak,GermanSchlacke,Swedishslagg;also compareEnglishslay.

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slag(countableanduncountable,pluralslags)

  1. Waste material from amine.
    • 2011,Vivienne Dockerty,A Woman Undefeated,page54:
      After the big village, the scenery had returned to grass and woodland, but this had now given way to ugly mounds of discardedslag.Beyond theslagwas a colliery with its machinery and smoking chimney, making the whole area look grim and austere.
  2. Scumthat forms on the surface ofmoltenmetal.
    • 2006,Melisa W. Lai, Michele Burns Ewald,Chapter 95: Silver,Martin J. Wonsiewicz, Karen G. Edmonson, Peter J. Boyle (editors),Goldfrank′s Toxicologic Emergencies,8th Edition,page 1358,
      In Asia Minor and on islands in the Aegean Sea, dumps ofslag(scum formed by molten metal surface oxidation) demonstrate that silver was being separated from lead as early as 5000 BC.
    • 2009,John Hoerr,Monongahela Dusk,page255:
      He leans out over the track and skimsslagoff the top of the boiling steel, risking what is called “catching a flyer,” which occurs when hot metal explodes out of the mold, spraying everyone in the vicinity.
  3. Impuritiesformed and separated out when a metal issmeltedfromore;vitrifiedcinders.
    • 2006,Edwin Black,chapter 2, inInternal Combustion‎[1]:
      Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons ofslagfrom ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
    • 2008,Barbara S. Ottaway, Ben Roberts, “The Emergence of Metalworking”, in Andrew Jones, editor,Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice,page207:
      Consequently, mounds of large ‘cakes’ ofslagare often found near the smelting sites of the Late Bronze Age, as for example at Ramsau in Austria (Doonan et al. 1996).
    Synonyms:dross,recrement,scoria
  4. Hardaggregateremaining as aresiduefromblast furnaces,sometimes used as asurfacingmaterial.
    • 2006,Jan R. Prusinski, “44: Slag as a Cementitious Material”, in Joseph F. Lamond, James H. Pielert, editors,Significance of Tests and Properties of Concrete and Concrete-Making Materials,page517:
      During blast furnace operations, the plant operator pays careful attention to theslagchemistry (both composition and variability) asslagbehavior is a major consideration in ensuring the quality of hot metal (molten iron).
    • 2010,Yuri N. Toulouevski, Ilyaz Y. Zinurov,Innovation in Electric Arc Furnaces,Springer,page16:
      All these properties are determined byslagcomposition and its temperature. In basicslags,foaming ability increases as SiO2concentration grows.
  5. Scoriaassociated with avolcano.
  6. (UK,Ireland,Australia,slang,derogatory)Aprostituteor promiscuous woman; aslut.
    • 1984,Tristan Jones,Heart of Oak,1997, paperback edition,page 260,
      We never talked about that, of course; we talked about how we could find a woman in the Dilly, and if the Yanks had taken them all, how we could always resort to the peroxided olderslagswho hung out around the side doors to Waterloo station and didknee tremblersfor the Yanks.
    • 1994[1993],Irvine Welsh,Trainspotting,London: Minerva,→ISBN,page252:
      Which grotesque auld hing-oot will the shrivelled post-menopausalslagwant tae shaft? Stay tuned.
    • 2002,Josephine Cox,The Woman Who Left,2012, ebook,unnumbered page,
      ‘Slag!Wait till I tell Jacob what we′ve been doing – and I will, you mark my words! He′ll want nowt to do with you then, will he, eh? He′ll see you for what you really are. A cheap and nasty little bitch!’
    • 2008,Ashley Lister,Swingers - Female Confidential,page31:
      ‘[…]He was a lovely man but, when I told him I wanted to continue swinging, he freaked out and called me aslag.’
    • 2010,The Coast‎[2],Halifax, Canada:
      ‘[…]To the lady that came in to my coffee shop today and ripped on me and my fellow employees for being too slow: eat shit, you miserableslag!’
    • 2016December 3, Millie B (lyrics and music), “Soph Aspin Send”, performed by Millie B:
      Soph, yeah, you can't murk me / You're aslag,riddled with STDs
  7. (UK,Ireland,derogatory,dated)Acoward.
  8. (UK,Ireland,chieflyCockney,derogatory)A contemptible person, ascumbag.

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Verb

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slag(third-person singular simple presentslags,present participleslagging,simple past and past participleslagged)

  1. (transitive)To produceslag.
  2. (intransitive)To becomeslag;toagglomeratewhen heated below thefusionpoint.
  3. (transitive)To reduce toslag.
  4. (transitive,UK,slang)To talkbadlyabout; tomalignordenigrate(someone).
    Synonym:slag off
    • 2010,Courtenay Young,Help Yourself Towards Mental Health,page344:
      If youslagoff the other person, then—to the extent that your child identifies with that person as their parent—you areslaggingoff a part of them.
    • 2011,John Davies,Slings and Arrows,page109:
      Rather than wait for her to startslaggingmy mother, I would disappear for a couple of days and inevitably, because I was getting no love at home, I began to stray once again.
  5. (transitive,Ireland,slang)Tomake fun of;totake the piss(tease,ridiculeormock).
  6. (intransitive,Australia,slang)Tospit.

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Danish

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Etymology

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FromOld Norseslag,slagrfromProto-Germanic*slagą,*slagiz,cognate withGermanSchlag.

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  • IPA(key):/slaːˀɣ/,[ˈsl̥æˀj],[ˈsl̥æˀ],(in the sense “game” and some fixed expressions)IPA(key):/slaɣ/,[ˈsl̥ɑw]

Noun

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slagn(singular definiteslaget,plural indefiniteslag)

  1. Ahit,punch
  2. Abeat
  3. Abattle(between two armies or, metaphorically two competing parties)
  4. Agame,around(a session of a game)
    Skal vi tage etslagpoker?
    Shall we play aroundof poker?

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Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchslach,fromOld Dutchslag,fromProto-West Germanic*slagi,fromProto-Germanic*slagiz.

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slagm(pluralslagen,diminutiveslagjen)

  1. ablow,knock,strike
    Met een hardeslagop de deur probeerde hij binnen te komen.
    He tried to get in by hitting the door with a hardblow.
    Een plotselingeslagop mijn hoofd deed me duizelig voelen.
    A suddenblowto my head made me feel dizzy.
  2. astroke,limb movement; a style of movement, notably style of swimming
    Hij zwom met een soepeleslagdoor het water.
    He swam with a smoothstrokethrough the water.
    De zwemmer oefende verschillende technieken vanslagenom zijn snelheid te verbeteren.
    The swimmer practiced variousswimming strokesto improve his speed.
  3. atwist,turn
    Met een snelleslagvan zijn hand veranderde hij de richting van de bal.
    With a quickturnof his hand, he changed the direction of the ball.
    Ze gaf een laatsteslagaan de knop om de machine uit te schakelen.
    She gave a finaltwistto the knob to turn off the machine.
  4. abeat,pulsation
    De muziek had een opzwependeslagdie iedereen aan het dansen kreeg.
    The music had an infectiousbeatthat got everyone dancing.
    Zijn hartslaatmet een regelmatigeslagin een rustige cadans.
    His heartbeatswith a regularpulsein a calm rhythm.
  5. astroke,blow, hit, physical impact
    Hij gaf een stevigeslagop de bal, waardoor deze ver weg vloog.
    He delivered a powerfulstroketo the ball, sending it far away.
    De auto kreeg een flinkeslagtoen hij tegen de boom botste.
    The car received a strongblowwhen it collided with the tree.
  6. a count, occurrence; the striking of aclock
    Op de laatsteslagvan de klok begon het vuurwerk.
    The fireworks started on the laststrikeof the clock.
    Het is nu acht uur, dat kun je horen aan de achtslagenvan de klok.
    It's eight o'clock now, you can hear it in the eightchimesof the clock.
  7. abattle,violent confrontation
    Tijdens de oorlog vonden er hevigeslagenplaats in de loopgraven.
    Fiercebattlestook place in the trenches during the war.
    De twee rivaliserende bendes kwamen in een gewelddadigeslagterecht.
    The two rival gangs engaged in a violentconfrontation.
  8. (ball games)astrike,hit
    Antonym:wijd
    Hij gaf de bal een hardeslagmet de knuppel en raakte een homerun.
    He gave the ball a powerfulhitwith the bat and hit a home run.
    De tennisser gaf een perfecteslagen sloeg de bal recht over het net.
    The tennis player executed a perfectstrokeand hit the ball right over the net.
  9. astrike,fastmove
    Met een snelleslagvan zijn zwaard versloeg hij zijn tegenstander.
    With a swiftstrikeof his sword, he defeated his opponent.
    De bokser gaf een reeks snelleslagenom zijn tegenstander te ontwijken.
    The boxer delivered a series of quickblowsto evade his opponent.

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  • Afrikaans:slag
  • Negerhollands:slaa

Noun

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slagn(pluralslagen,diminutiveslagjen)

  1. akind,type,sort
  2. aparcel,plot,premise(stretch of land)

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Etymology

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FromOld Norseslag,fromProto-Germanic*slagiz(“hit, blow”).

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slagn(genitive singularslags,pluralsløg)

  1. Ahit;punch.
  2. (medicine)A cardiacstroke.
  3. Abattlebetween twoarmies,naviesorair forces
  4. Akind;sort.
  5. (biology,taxonomy)Aspecies.

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Declension ofslag
n6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slag slagið sløg sløgini
accusative slag slagið sløg sløgini
dative slag,slagi slagnum,slaginum sløgum sløgunum
genitive slags slagsins slaga slaganna

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1938. FromGermanSchlauch,fromMiddle High Germanslūch(“slough, skin shed by a snake”).[1][2]

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slag(pluralslagok)

  1. hose,tube(a flexible tube conveying water or other fluid)
    Synonyms:tömlő,öntözőcső

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Inflection (stem in-o-,back harmony)
singular plural
nominative slag slagok
accusative slagot slagokat
dative slagnak slagoknak
instrumental slaggal slagokkal
causal-final slagért slagokért
translative slaggá slagokká
terminative slagig slagokig
essive-formal slagként slagokként
essive-modal — —
inessive slagban slagokban
superessive slagon slagokon
adessive slagnál slagoknál
illative slagba slagokba
sublative slagra slagokra
allative slaghoz slagokhoz
elative slagból slagokból
delative slagról slagokról
ablative slagtól slagoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		slagé slagoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		slagéi slagokéi
Possessive formsofslag
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. slagom slagjaim
2nd person sing. slagod slagjaid
3rd person sing. slagja slagjai
1st person plural slagunk slagjaink
2nd person plural slagotok slagjaitok
3rd person plural slagjuk slagjaik

References

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  1. ^slaginTótfalusi, István.Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár(’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár→ISBN
  2. ^slagin Zaicz, Gábor (ed.).Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete(‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006,→ISBN.(See alsoits 2nd edition.)

Icelandic

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Etymology

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FromOld Norseslag,fromProto-Germanic*slagiz(“hit, blow”).

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slagn(genitive singularslags,nominative pluralslög)

  1. Abeat,stroke,blow(an act of hitting, beating, striking).
  2. (music)Abeat.

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Declension ofslag(neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slag slagið slög slögin
accusative slag slagið slög slögin
dative slagi slaginu slögum slögunum
genitive slags slagsins slaga slaganna

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Norwegian Bokmål

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FromOld Norseslag,andslagr(sense 4).

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slagn(definite singularslaget,indefinite pluralslag,definite pluralslagaorslagene)

  1. Ahit;punch.
  2. (medicine)A cardiacstroke.
  3. Abattlebetween twoarmies,naviesorair forces.
  4. Akind;sort.

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FromOld Norseslag.

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slagn(definite singularslaget,indefinite pluralslag,definite pluralslaga)

  1. ablow,astrike,apunch.
    Boksaren traff med eit hardtslag.―The boxer landed a hardpunch.
  2. abattle.
    Napoleon tapteslagetved Waterloo.―Napoleon lost thebattleof Waterloo.
  3. (medicine)astroke
    Tanta mi er på sjukehus etter å ha fåttslag.―My aunt is in hospital after having astroke.
  4. (nautical)abilge
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FromOld Norseslagr.

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slagn(definite singularslaget,indefinite pluralslag,definite pluralslaga)

  1. Atype,akind,asort.
    Eg likar alleslagblomar.―I like allkindsof flowers.
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Etymology

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FromOld Norseslag,fromProto-Germanic*slagiz(“hit, blow”).

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slagn

  1. Ahit;punch.
  2. A hit of a ball by abator aracket.
  3. Abattlebetween twoarmies,naviesorair forces
    Synonyms:fältslag,batalj,strid
    slagetvid Lützen
    the Battle of Lützen (1632)
    slagetom Storbritannien
    the Battle of Britain
  4. Astroke;the striking of aclock
    Klockan slog just treslag.―The clock just struck three strokes.
  5. stroke; the time when a clockstrikes
    Han kom precis påslagetmidnatt.
    He came onthe stroke ofmidnight.
  6. (medicine)stroke; a loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
    Synonyms:stroke,slaganfall
  8. Akind;sort.
    Synonym:sort
    en fågel av ett ovanligtslag
    a bird of an unusualkind
    Det är ettslagskonstverk
    It is akind ofart piece
    Vi har tioslagsfiskar i akvariet
    We have tenkinds offish in our aquarium
    Vadför slagspump är det där?
    Whatkind ofpump is that?
  9. Awhile;moment;a short period of time.
    Synonym:stund
    Kom hit ettslag!
    Come here aminute!
  10. A fold on the legs of a pair oftrousers,where about an inch of the leg is folded upwards.
  11. Alapel

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The usage notes forsortalso apply for (sense 7) ofslag(except withetttraditionally being considered correct).

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Declension ofslag
nominative genitive
singular indefinite slag slags
definite slaget slagets
plural indefinite slag slags
definite slagen slagens

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