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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of slíogart

radical	lenition	eclipsis
slíogart	shlíogart after an, tslíogart	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slíogart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “slíogart”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025