slí
See also: sli, SLI, and ŝli
Irish
Alternative forms
- slighe (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish slige.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlʲiː/
Noun
slí f (genitive singular slí, nominative plural slite)
- way
- road, track
- Synonyms: bealach, bóthar, ród
- route, passage
- course, direction
- distance, journey
- room to proceed
- room, space
- right, normal, course of action
- means, method
- way, manner
- set (of tools)
Declension
Declension of slí
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- ceart slí (“right of way”)
- géill slí (“yield right of way”)
- malairt slí (“detour”)
- míle de shlí (“mile”)
- míle slí (“mile”)
- slí bheatha (“livelihood”)
- slí rothar (“cycleway”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
slí | shlí after an, tslí | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “slí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “slige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “sliġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 654
- Entries containing “slí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “slí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 40
Tày
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Cardinal : slí | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *siːᴮ. From Middle Chinese 四 (MC siɪH). Cognate with Thai สี่ (sìi), Northern Thai ᩈᩦ᩵, Lao ສີ່ (sī), Lü ᦉᦲᧈ (ṡii1), Tai Dam ꪎꪲ꪿, Shan သီႇ (sìi), Tai Nüa ᥔᥤᥱ (sǐ), Ahom 𑜏𑜣 (sī), Bouyei sis, Zhuang seiq.
Pronunciation
- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [ɬi˧˥]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [θi˦]
Numeral
slí
- four
References
- Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội