sluagh

See also: slúagh

Irish

Noun

sluagh m (genitive singular sluaigh, nominative plural sluaigh or sluaighte)

  1. Obsolete form of slua.

Declension
Declension of sluagh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sluagh sluaigh
Vocative a shluaigh a shluagha
Genitive sluaigh sluagh
Dative sluagh sluaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sluagh na sluaigh
Genitive an tsluaigh na sluagh
Dative leis an sluagh

don sluagh

 leis na sluaigh
Declension of sluagh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sluagh sluaighte
Vocative a shluaigh a shluaighte
Genitive sluaigh sluaighte
Dative sluagh sluaighte

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sluagh na sluaighte
Genitive an tsluaigh na sluaighte
Dative leis an sluagh

don sluagh

 leis na sluaighte

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish slúagh, from Old Irish slóg, from Proto-Celtic *slougos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɫ̪uəɣ/

Noun

sluagh m (genitive singular sluaigh, plural slòigh)

  1. community, crowd, folk
  2. people, populace, population, public
  3. multitude

Usage notes

Derived terms

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