sladaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From slad (“plunder, pillage, loot; devastate, destroy”, verb) +‎ -aí (agent noun suffix).

Noun

sladaí m (genitive singular sladaí, nominative plural sladaithe)

1. plunderer, pillager, looter

   Synonym: sladaire

Declension

Declension of sladaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sladaí sladaithe vocative a shladaí a shladaithe genitive sladaí sladaithe dative sladaí sladaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sladaí na sladaithe genitive an tsladaí na sladaithe dative leis an sladaí don sladaí leis na sladaithe

Derived terms

• sladaí mara (“sea rover, pirate”)
• sladaíocht (“(act of) plundering, pillaging, looting”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sladaí

1. inflection of sladach (“plundering, pillaging, looting; devastating, destructive”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sladaí

1. present subjunctive of sladaigh (“plunder, pillage, loot; devastate, destroy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sladaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sladaí	shladaí after an, tsladaí	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) “sladaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sladaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sladaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025