sloinne

Irish

Alternative forms

• sloinneadh

Etymology

From Old Irish slondud, sloinded, verbal noun of sluindid (“to name, mention”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠɪn̠ʲə/
• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠɪɲɪ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠl̪ˠɨ̞n̠ʲu/ (corresponding to the form sloinneadh)

Noun

sloinne m (genitive singular sloinne, nominative plural sloinnte)

1. surname

Declension

Declension of sloinne (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sloinne sloinnte vocative a shloinne a shloinnte genitive sloinne sloinnte dative sloinne sloinnte forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sloinne na sloinnte genitive an tsloinne na sloinnte dative leis an sloinne don sloinne leis na sloinnte

Mutation

Mutated forms of sloinne

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sloinne	shloinne after an, tsloinne	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “slondud, sloinded”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sloinne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 657
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sloinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sloinne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sloinne”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024