shliawin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish slemon, slemain (“smooth”), from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smear”). Cognate with Irish sleamhain, Scottish Gaelic sleamhainn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃlʲɛuᵈnʲ]

Adjective

shliawin (plural shliawney)

  1. smooth, insidious, sleek, smooth-faced
  2. lubricated, slippery, soapy
  3. skiddy

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
shliawinliawin
after "yn", çhliawin		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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