slane

See also: Slane, slané, and słane

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sleɪn/, /slɑːn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Homophone: slain

Noun

slane (plural slanes)

  1. (Ireland) A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
    • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
      Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.

Anagrams

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish slán.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [slɛᵈn], [slɛːn]

Adjective

slane

  1. well, sane, unhurt
  2. whole, entire, undivided, inviolate
  3. intact, unbroken
  4. absolute (of ruler)
  5. perfect, complete
  6. unexpurgated (as edition)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Interjection

slane

  1. goodbye
  2. chin-chin, cheers

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
slanelane
after "yn", tlane		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

slane

  1. inflection of slan:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine genitive singular
    3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Noun

slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)

  1. genitive singular of slana

Participle

slane (Cyrillic spelling слане)

  1. feminine plural passive past participle of slati
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