slaghdán

Irish

From Middle Irish sláetán, from sláet (“illness, disease”).^[2]

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠl̪ˠɑi(ə)ˈd̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/^[3]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠəid̪ˠɑːnˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠeːd̪ˠanˠ/, (older) /ˈsˠl̪ˠɤːd̪ˠanˠ/; /ˈsˠl̪ˠaid̪ˠanˠ/^[4]

slaghdán m (genitive singular slaghdáin, nominative plural slaghdáin)

Declension of slaghdán (first declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an slaghdán	na slaghdáin
genitive	an tslaghdáin	na slaghdán
dative	leis an slaghdán don slaghdán	leis na slaghdáin

Mutated forms of *slaghdán*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
slaghdán	shlaghdán after an, tslaghdán	not applicable

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

^ “slaghdán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slaetán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 196, page 98
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 70, page 30