sleamhainn
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- sleamhuinn
Etymology
From Old Irish slemon, from Proto-Celtic *slibnos. Cognate with Irish sleamhain, Manx shliawin, Welsh llyfn (“smooth”), Old Breton limn, English slip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃʎɛ̃v.ɪɲ/
- IPA(key): /ʃʎɛ̃ũ̯.ɪɲ/
Adjective
sleamhainn (comparative sleamhna)
- slippery
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “sleamhainn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN