slieat

Radestrian

Etymology

From Middle Radestrian sléhtt, from Old Radestrian slēhtt, inherited from Proto-Radic *slēhht, from Proto-Hirdic *slēḵ-. from Proto-Laenkean *slejk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sliat/
• Rhyme: -iat

Verb

slieat (first-person singular non-past slíe, second-person singular non-past slieà, third-person singular non-past slieaș, first-person singular past slíșei, present adverbial participle slieșevú, past adverbial participle slívúl, verbal noun slívaș)

1. (transitive) to owe [+accusative] to [+dative]

   Re ven úd asties slieà.

   You owe me five astirs.

2. (auxiliary) must [+infinitive]

   Slíe fyelt.

   I must go.

3. (impersonal, passive) should, ought [e +optative] (often omitted)

   (Slierúș,) en fyelgú.

   You should go.

Derived terms

• slívuoks (“debt”)

Translations

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