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Meaning of sliņķis | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[slīɲcis]

Definitions

  1. lazy man, animal
    declension-2, masculine
  2. sloth (several species of arboreal South American mammal from the families Bradypodidae and Megalonychidae)
    declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

English Lazybones Sloth

Examples

“sliņķus suns”

lazy dog

“tēvs necieš sliņķus, jo allaž savus dēlus mācījis: “darbs ir cilvēka lielākais gods””

father couldn't stand lazy people, as he always taught his sons: “work is man's greatest honor”

“parastais (trīspirkstu) sliņķis”

simple (three-fingered) sloth (Bradypus variegatus, B. tridactylus, B. torquatus)

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

sliņķos sliņķu slinkumā slinkumam slinkums slinkumu

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