< Reconstruction:Middle Irish
Reconstruction:Middle Irish/slicén
Middle Irish
Etymology
From slice (“shell”) + -án (diminutive suffix).
Noun
*slicén m
- Diminutive of slice (“shell”)
Descendants
- Irish: sliogán
- Scottish Gaelic: sligean
- Manx: shliggan
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “slicén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language