sleán

See also: slean

Irish

Alternative forms

sleaghán (superseded)

Etymology

From sleá +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃlʲɑːn̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ʃl̠ʲɑːnˠ/, /ʃl̠ʲɑːn̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ʃl̠ʲaːnˠ/, /ʃl̠ʲaːn̪ˠ/

Noun

sleán m (genitive singular sleáin, nominative plural sleánta)

slane (spade for cutting turf or peat)

Declension

Declension of sleán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sleán	sleánta
Vocative	a shleáin	a shleánta
Genitive	sleáin	sleánta
Dative	sleán	sleánta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an sleán	na sleánta
Genitive	an tsleáin	na sleánta
Dative	leis an sleán don sleán	leis na sleánta

Derived terms

sleán uchta, the breast slane, a variant, different from the basic (or foot) slane
sleánadóir

Descendants

English: slane, slean (Hiberno-English)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sleán	shleán after an, tsleán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“sleán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 653
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sleán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83

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