sleamhainn

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • sleamhuinn

Etymology

From Old Irish slemon, from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smear”). Cognate with Irish sleamhain, Manx shliawin, Welsh llyfn (“smooth”), Old Breton limn, English slip.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʎɛ̃ũ̯.ɪɲ/
  • (Lewis, Harris, Assynt, Islay) IPA(key): /ˈʃʎɛ̃v.ɪɲ/

Adjective

sleamhainn (comparative sleamhna)

  1. slippery

References
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sleamhainn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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