sleá
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish sleg, from Proto-Celtic *sligā, from the root of *sligeti (“to strike, hew”) (whence Old Irish sligid); cognate with Scottish Gaelic sleagh and Manx shleiy.
Pronunciation
Noun
sleá f (genitive singular sleá, nominative plural sleánna)
Declension
Declension of sleá
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sleá | shleá after an, tsleá |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
Further reading
- “sleá”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sleg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sleaġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 653
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sleá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
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