sleamhnán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish slemnán (“sleigh”). By surface analysis, sleamhain (“smooth”) +‎ -án

Noun

sleamhnán m (genitive singular sleamhnáin, nominative plural sleamhnáin)

1. slide, chute
2. (photography) slide
3. runner

   Synonym: lann sleamhnáin

4. sledge, sled, sleigh

   Synonym: carr sleamhnáin

5. stye (in the eye)

Declension

Declension of sleamhnán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sleamhnán sleamhnáin vocative a shleamhnáin a shleamhnána genitive sleamhnáin sleamhnán dative sleamhnán sleamhnáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sleamhnán na sleamhnáin genitive an tsleamhnáin na sleamhnán dative leis an sleamhnán don sleamhnán leis na sleamhnáin

Derived terms

• comhla shleamhnáin f (“sliding door”)
• rialóir sleamhnáin m (“slide rule”)
• sleamhnán uisce m (“waterslide”)
• taispeántas sleamhnán m (“slide show”)
• teilgeoir sleamhnán m (“slide projector”)

Related terms

• sleamhnaigh (“slide, slip”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sleamhnán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sleamhnán	shleamhnán after an, tsleamhnán	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) “sleamhnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slemnán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language