slíogart

See also: sliogart

Irish

Alternative forms

• sliogart

Etymology

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Noun

slíogart m (genitive singular slíogairt)

1. (mineralogy) pumice (type of rock)
2. pumice(-stone) (piece used as abrasive)

Declension

Declension of slíogart

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative slíogart Vocative a shlíogairt Genitive slíogairt Dative slíogart

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an slíogart Genitive an tslíogairt Dative leis an slíogart don slíogart

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slíogart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “slíogart”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024