sleih

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish slúag, from Old Irish slúag. Cognate to Irish slua and Scottish Gaelic sluagh.

Noun

sleih m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. people, public

   Cha nel mee mastey'n sleih chredjys ooilley chluinnys ad.

   I am not one of those (people) who believe all they hear.

   Dooyrt ymmodee sleih eh.

   Various people said it.

   Myr s'dooie fer, smoo shinney lesh sleih ooilley eh.

   The kinder one is the more one is beloved by everybody.

   Ren sleih credjal dy ren reddyn ceau caslys jeu hene rolaue.

   People believed that things foreshadowed themselves.

   Shegin da jinnair y ve currit da'n sleih shoh ooilley noght.

   All these people will have to be dined tonight.

2. family, relations

   She teiy yn sleih t'eh.

   He comes of an excellent family.

3. inhabitants, populace

   Hug ad ny sidooryn ayns thieyn yn sleih.

   They quartered the troops on the inhabitants.

4. crowd

   Haink sleih dy liooar.

   A sizeable crowd came.

   Hayrn eh cree yn sleih.

   He appealed to the emotions of the crowd.

   Ren mee my raad trooid yn sleih.

   I made my way through the crowd.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sleih	leih after "yn", tleih	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.