slànaighear

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From slànaich +‎ -ear, or else from Old Irish slánaigtheóir (“saviour”), from slánaigidir (“makes whole, heals; saves”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɫ̪aːnɪjɛɾ]

Noun

slànaighear m (genitive singular slànaighir, plural slànaighearan)

1. healer, savior

Mutation

Mutation of slànaighear

radical	lenition
slànaighear	shlànaighear after "an", t-slànaighear

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slánaigtheóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language