sluagh

See also: slúagh

Irish

Noun

sluagh m (genitive singular sluaigh, nominative plural sluaigh or sluaighte)

1. Obsolete form of slua.

Declension

Declension of sluagh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sluagh sluaigh vocative a shluaigh a shluagha genitive sluaigh sluagh dative sluagh sluaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sluagh na sluaigh genitive an tsluaigh na sluagh dative leis an sluagh don sluagh leis na sluaigh

Declension of sluagh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sluagh sluaighte vocative a shluaigh a shluaighte genitive sluaigh sluaighte dative sluagh sluaighte forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sluagh na sluaighte genitive an tsluaigh na sluaighte dative leis an sluagh don sluagh leis na sluaighte

Mutation

Mutated forms of sluagh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sluagh	shluagh after an, tsluagh	not applicable

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish slúagh, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪l̪ˠuəɣ/, (Lewis) [s̪l̪ˠʊəɣ̥]

Noun

sluagh m (genitive singular sluaigh, plural slòigh)

1. community, crowd, folk
2. people, populace, population, public
3. multitude

Usage notes

• The genitive plural form is slògh.

Derived terms

• mòr-sluagh
• sluagh-ghairm (the source of English slogan)

Mutation

Mutation of sluagh

radical	lenition
sluagh	shluagh after "an", t-sluagh

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