sleá
Irish
Alternative forms
- sleagh (obsolete, Ulster)
Etymology
From Old Irish sleg, from Proto-Celtic *sligā, from the root of *sligeti (“to strike, hew”) (whence Old Irish sligid); cognate with Scottish Gaelic sleagh and Manx shleiy.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʃl̠ʲɑː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ʃl̠ʲɨ̞ɡ/[1] (corresponding the form sleagh)
Noun
sleá f (genitive singular sleá, nominative plural sleánna)
- spear, javelin, lance
- Synonyms: ga, lansa
- splinter
- Synonym: scealpóg
Declension
Declension of sleá
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
sleá | shleá after an, tsleá | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “sleá” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sleg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “sleaġ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 653.
- "sleá" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42