slua
Irish
Alternative forms
- sluagh (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish slúagh, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠuə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠl̪ˠɔː/ (in the phrase slua sí (“fairy host”) /sˠl̪ˠɔːˈʃiː/)[1]
Noun
slua m (genitive singular slua, nominative plural sluaite)
- host, force, army
- crowd, multitude, throng
- (uncountable) hosting
Declension
Declension of slua
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- mórshlua
- síothshluagh
- sluamhar
Descendants
- → English: slew
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
slua | shlua after an, tslua | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 14
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “sluaġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 658
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “slua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “slua” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “slua” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slóg, slúag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 42