slane

• slean

Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.

• IPA^(key): /sleɪn/, /slɑːn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Homophone: slain

slane (plural slanes)

1. (Ireland) A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:

     Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.

• ANSEL, Ansel, ELANs, Elsan, L'Anse, Nales, elans, enals, lanes, leans, neals, slean

From Old Irish slán, from Proto-Celtic *slānos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”).

• IPA^(key): [slɛᵈn], [slɛːn]

slane

1. well, sane, unhurt
2. whole, entire, undivided, inviolate
3. intact, unbroken
4. absolute (of ruler)
5. perfect, complete
6. unexpurgated (as edition)

• neuslane

• slanid

slane

1. goodbye
2. chin-chin, cheers

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

slane

1. inflection of slan:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)

1. genitive singular of slana

slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)

1. feminine plural passive past participle of slati