sluta

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See also: slúta

Czech

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sluta

  1. inflection of slout:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *sleutaną.

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slūta

  1. to lock

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  • Saterland Frisian: sluute
  • West Frisian: slute

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sluta (Cyrillic spelling слута)

  1. inflection of sluti:
    1. feminine singular passive past participle
    2. neuter plural passive past participle

Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Swedish slūta, from Low German sluten (to lock up, shut)

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  • Rhymes: -²ʉːta

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sluta (present slutar, preterite slutade, supine slutat, imperative sluta)

  1. to stop (come to an end), to end (come to an end)
  2. to quit (e.g. school, a job or a habit)
    att sluta röka
    to quit smoking
  3. to cease doing something
    Sluta skrika!
    Stop screaming!
  4. to finish; to have as a result (from a competition)
    Hon slutade på andra plats i tävlingen
    She finished as runner-up in the competition

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sluta (present sluter, preterite slöt, supine slutit, imperative slut)

  1. to close, to shut (make closed by closing one or more openings)
    Han slöt ögonen
    He closed his eyes
  2. (reflexive) to become or make oneself closed (as above)
    Slemmonstret har tusentals hål. När det sluter sig så stängs hålen.
    The slime monster has thousands of holes. When it closes itself, the holes close.
  3. (figuratively, reflexive) to retract within oneself; to reduce one's connections with other people
  4. (reflexive, with samman (together)) to join together
    Synonym: förena sig
    De tre grupperna slöt sig samman
    The three groups joined forces
  5. to connect the ends of a curve so that it no longer has any beginning nor end, to close
    sluta en kurva
    close a curve
  6. (in a few expressions) to formally agree on (something)
    sluta fred
    make peace
    sluta förbund
    make an alliance
    De slöt en överenskommelse om att fortsätta förhandlingarna
    They struck a deal to continue the negotiations

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