slane
See also: Slane and słane
English
Alternative forms
- slean
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sleɪn/, /slɑ:n/
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Homophone: slain
Noun
slane (plural slanes)
- (Ireland) A spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
- 1997: Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’. — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
Anagrams
- ANSEL, Ansel, ELANs, Elsan, L'Anse, Nales, elans, enals, lanes, leans, neals, slean
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish slán.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [slɛᵈn], [slɛːn]
Adjective
slane
- well, sane, unhurt
- whole, entire, undivided, inviolate
- intact, unbroken
- absolute (of ruler)
- perfect, complete
- unexpurgated (as edition)
Antonyms
- neuslane
Derived terms
- slanid
Interjection
slane
- goodbye
- chin-chin, cheers
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| slane | lane after "yn", tlane | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “slán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.