slac

See also: SLAC, slấc, słać, and śląc

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish slag, from Proto-Celtic *slegô, from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).

Verb

slac (past shlac, future slacaidh, verbal noun slacadh, past participle slacte)

1. thrash, beat, bruise, maul