slane
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slane (plural slanes)
- (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’.
Anagrams[edit]
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish slán, from Proto-Celtic *slānos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
slane
- well, sane, unhurt
- whole, entire, undivided, inviolate
- intact, unbroken
- absolute (of ruler)
- perfect, complete
- unexpurgated (as edition)
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Interjection[edit]
slane
Mutation[edit]
Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
slane | lane after "yn", tlane |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
slane
- inflection of slan:
Noun[edit]
slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)
Participle[edit]
slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)
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