sleagh

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

sleagh f (genitive singular sleighe, nominative plural sleagha)

  1. Obsolete and Ulster form of sleá

Declension
Declension of sleagh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sleagh sleagha
Vocative a shleagh a shleagha
Genitive sleighe sleagh
Dative sleigh sleagha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsleagh na sleagha
Genitive na sleighe na sleagh
Dative leis an tsleigh

don tsleigh

 leis na sleagha

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sleagh shleagh
after an, tsleagh		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sleg, from Proto-Celtic *sligā, from the root of *sligeti (“to strike, hew”) (whence Old Irish sligid); cognate with Irish sleá and Manx shleiy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʎɤɣ/

Noun

sleagh f (genitive singular sleagha or slèigh, plural sleaghan or slèigh)

  1. lance, spear, javelin

Synonyms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
sleaghshleagh
after "an", t-sleagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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