sleagh

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sleagh f (genitive singular sleighe, nominative plural sleagha)

  1. Obsolete and Ulster form of sleá

Declension

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish sleg, from Proto-Celtic *sligā, from the root of *sligeti (to strike, hew) (whence Old Irish sligid); cognate with Irish sleá and Manx shleiy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sleagh f (genitive singular sleagha or slèigh, plural sleaghan or slèigh)

  1. lance, spear, javelin

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sleagh shleagh
after "an", t-sleagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.