slaodach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *sláetach (“in layers”) from sláet (“layer, pile”) + -ach. Compare Irish slaodach (“in layers; heavy, oppressive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪l̪ˠɯːt̪əx/

Adjective

slaodach (comparative slaodaiche)

1. slow, tardy, sluggish

Mutation

Mutation of slaodach

radical	lenition
slaodach	shlaodach after "an", t-slaodach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slaetach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language