sleá

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Irish

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

sleá f (genitive singular sleá, nominative plural sleánna)

  1. spear, javelin, lance
    Synonyms: ga, lansa
  2. splinter
    Synonym: scealpóg

Declension

[edit]

Mutation

[edit]
Irish mutation
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

[edit]
  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42

Further reading

[edit]