shliawin
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish slemon, slemain (“smooth”), from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smear”). Cognate with Irish sleamhain, Scottish Gaelic sleamhainn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]shliawin (plural shliawney)
Synonyms
[edit]- (lubricated): smarrit
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
shliawin | liawin after "yn", çhliawin |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |